Another top state official is scheduled to appear in a courtroom in Flint Monday in connection with that city’s tainted tap water crisis.
Dr. Eden Wells is Michigan’s Chief Medical Executive. In that job, Wells is tasked with providing professional medical leadership, expertise and coordination in addressing public health issues, workforce issues, and health policy development to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
She’s charged with obstruction of justice and lying to a peace officer in connection with the Flint water crisis.
Prosecutors are using this preliminary exam to lay out their case against Wells so a judge can determine if there is enough evidence to send the case to trial.
Nearly a month ago, Special Counsel Todd Flood informed the judge that prosecutors planned to add a charge of involuntary manslaughter to charges Wells is already facing.
Defense attorneys question whether Wells was in her job long enough to warrant being charged with involuntary manslaughter.
