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FILE - In this March 21, 2016 file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. Prosecutors dropped all criminal charges Thursday, June 13, 2019, against eight people in the Flint water scandal and pledged to start the investigation from scratch. The defendants include Michigan's former health director, Nick Lyon, who was charged with involuntary manslaughter. He was accused of failing to timely alert the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that occurred in 2014-15 when Flint was drawing improperly treated water from the Flint River. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Key moments in Flint, Michigan’s lead-tainted water crisis

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FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2018, file photo, Nick Lyon, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, listens closely as Genesee District Judge David J. Goggins gives his decision during Lyon's preliminary examination at Genesee District Court in Flint, Mich. Lawyers for Lyon are vigorously opposing an effort to put his Flint water criminal case on hold for six months, saying it's a sign of the prosecution team's &quot;dysfunction.&quot; The attorney general's office says it needs a timeout so it can dig through 23 boxes of records found in the basement of a state building. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)

Conflict in Michigan AG’s office over Flint water records

By ED WHITE - Associated Press

Michigan health chief fights to undo manslaughter charges

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Nick Lyon, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, listens closely as Genesee District Judge David J. Goggins gives his decision during Lyon's preliminary examination on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 at Genesee District Court in Flint. Mich. Goggins ordered Lyons to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in two deaths linked to Legionnaires' disease in the Flint area, the highest ranking official to stand trial as a result of the tainted water scandal. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

Nick Lyon, Michigan Health and Human Services director, to stand trial in Flint water crisis deaths

By Ed White - Associated Press

Key moments in lead in water crisis in Flint, Michigan

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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2017, file photo, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon sits in court during his preliminary examination in Genesee County District Court in Flint, Mich. A judge decides Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, if Michigan's health director will face trial on manslaughter charges for the deaths of two men during a Legionnaires' disease outbreak during the Flint water crisis. (Terray Sylvester/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP, File)

Michigan official faces manslaughter trial over Flint deaths

By ED WHITE - Associated Press

Nick Lyon, left, director of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, listens to defense attorney John Bursch as he delivers his closing argument during Lyon's preliminary examination on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at Genesee County District Court in Flint, Mich. The head of Michigan's health department, Lyon, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and other crimes. He's accused of not timely alerting the public about a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in the Flint area in 2014 and 2015. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

Michigan health chief wants judge to drop charges

By ED WHITE - Associated Press

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon, right, sits with Britt Cobb, one of his attorneys, during his ongoing preliminary examination on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, in Genesee County District Court in downtown Flint, Mich. Lyon is charged with involuntary manslaughter and misconduct in office in relation to the Flint water crisis. (Terray Sylvester/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)

Professor says Flint River conditions ripe for Legionnaires’

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Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon appears in court for his ongoing preliminary examination on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, in Genesee County District Court in downtown Flint, Mich. Lyon faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and misconduct in office for his response to the Flint water crisis. (Terray Sylvester/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)

The Latest: Snyder adviser challenged over Legionnaires’

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Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon, left, appears in court with Britt Cobb, one of his attorneys, for his ongoing preliminary examination on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, in Genesee County District Court in downtown Flint, Mich. Lyon faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and misconduct in office for his response to the Flint water crisis. (Terray Sylvester/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)

Snyder adviser challenged over being mum about Legionnaires’

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The Latest: Michigan health boss in court over Legionnaires’

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FILE - In this Aug, 10, 2017, file photo, Nick Lyon, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, appears in Genesee County District Court in Flint, Mich. Lyon, who is blamed in the death of a Flint-area man who had Legionnaires' disease faces a key hearing starting Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, to determine whether he will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter. He's accused of failing to alert the public in a timely manner about a Legionnaires' outbreak in the Flint area in 2014-15. (Terray Sylvester/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP, File)

Michigan official faces key hearing in Flint water case

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FILE - In this March 17, 2016 file photo, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in Washington connected to the Flint drinking water crisis. With two of his own cabinet members facing unprecedented manslaughter or other charges related to a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak that some experts have linked to the municipal water, Snyder is keeping them on the job and defending their names despite calls for their removal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Michigan governor defends cabinet members charged in Flint

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Special Agent Jeff Seipenko walks out of the courtroom with signed paperwork in hand after Genesee District Judge David Guinn authorized charges Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Flint, Mich., for Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon and Chief Medical Executive Dr. Eden Wells in relation to the Flint water crisis. Lyon is accused of failing to alert the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the Flint area, which has been linked by some experts to poor water quality in 2014-15. Wells was charged with obstruction of justice and lying to a police officer. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)

The Latest: Health official’s lawyers call charges baseless

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In this June 5, 2017 photo, Nick Lyon, Michigan Health and Human Services Director, speaks in support of the state's Medicaid expansion program in Lansing, Mich. Lyon was charged Wednesday, June 14, 2017, with involuntary manslaughter in a criminal investigation of Flint's lead-contaminated water. (AP Photo/David Eggert)

Health chief, 4 others charged with manslaughter in Flint

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Michigan health chief is target in Flint criminal probe

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Health department legal tab in Flint water probe up to $304K

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