Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer received a coded email related to her administration’s response to a local water crisis in an apparent attempt to hide the sensitive communication from the…
Leavitt served as a consultant for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
The use of the Greek language and alphabet “appears to be calculated to conceal the statements,” the court filing states, noting that Leavitt “prefaced his grave concerns about the water crises with a reference back to his prior warnings and the State and City Defendants’ failure to learn from the Flint tragedy.“Since the email was written in Greek, it would not have been included in public records requests for government communications containing words such as “Flint” or “red flags.
Michigan’s public records department cannot electronically search for material written using the Greek alphabet, the Washington Free Beacon reported. The lawsuit was filed by Benton Harbor, Michigan, residents against Whitmer, the state of Michigan, the city, and others.
The lawsuit was filed in November 2021, on the same day that a federal judge approved a $626 million settlement for victims of theWhitmer claimed earlier this year that she has “always supported enhanced transparency when it comes to the government” but has thus far refused to use her executive powers to reverse a policy that exempts her office from Freedom of Information Act requests.
The 52-year-old governor was sworn in for a second term in January after winning her re-election race in November.
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