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Attorney General: Bills For Flint’s Poisoned Water Is An ‘Outrage’

Residents in Flint are still being forced to pay for contaminated water. Michigan’s Attorney General, Bill Schuette said Monday that it’s an “outrage” that residents of Flint are being forced to pay for water that’s unsafe to drink and his office may take action to stop the billing. Schuette’s office has launched a criminal investigation into the water crisis to see if any laws were broken. Schuette also announced that a former FBI chief and ex-prosecutor will lead the investigation. RT reports: At a press conference on Monday, Schuette addressed public accountability, particularly over whether residents of Flint should remain on the hook for water bills even as the economically-impoverished city’s water remains riddled with lead, Legionnaires’ disease, and E. coli. Schuette said the continued billing was an “outrage.” “Words can barely describe this tragedy. Things went terribly wrong,” he said at a press conference on Monday. “I would certainly not bathe a newborn child or a young infant in this bad water and if you can’t drink the bad water you shouldn’t pay for it.” However, it is unclear whether Schuette’s office can legally bar the city from collecting water-bill payments, NBC News reported. City residents are relying on donated [...]