DETROIT — The Michigan Attorney General's office must create a "taint team" to independently review documents seized from state offices during the Flint water investigation that could delay its prosecutions for an estimated two years following a recent court decision.
A three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected a request by Attorney General Dana Nessel's office to stop a judge's order requiring prosecutors to quit using certain documents until an independent team reviews them for any violation of attorney-client privilege.
Presiding Court of Appeals Judge Mark Cavanagh said in a Thursday order that the panel denied Nessel’s appeals request for a “lack of merit,” keeping in place Genesee County Judge Elizabeth Kelly’s order which stated the attorney general's office must keep working on the creation of the taint team while it appeals her decision.
