
Michigan Supreme Court voids indictments against former state officials related to Flint water crisis
CNN
The indictments against former top Michigan state officials for their alleged culpability in the Flint water crisis were deemed invalid Tuesday.
A panel of Michigan Supreme Court judges said that prosecutors in Attorney General Dana Nessel's office made a procedural error when a Genesee County Circuit Court judge serving as a one-man grand jury handed down indictments for nine former state officials last year including former Gov. Rick Snyder. The judges called the action "alarming."
Michigan state laws do not authorize a judge to issue indictments as a one-man grand jury without a preliminary examination, which was not done in this case, the Supreme Court ruled.

Oklahoma’s governor picks energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill US Senate seat through end of year
Oklahoma’s governor on Tuesday appointed energy executive Alan Armstrong to serve in the US Senate through the end of the year and finish the term of Republican Markwayne Mullin, the new homeland security secretary.












