Watch: Criminal charges announced in Flint water crisis

Six Michigan employees were criminally charged Friday in connection with the Flint water crisis. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette called a news conference to further discuss the criminal charges. Paste BN will have live video coverage which you can watch below.

Charged are Michigan Department of Health and Human Services workers Nancy Peeler, Corinne Miller and Robert Scott, and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality employees Leanne Smith; Adam Rosenthal and Patrick Cook, according to testimony Friday morning in Flint’s district court. They are charged with hiding unsafe lead levels.