• Gov. Rick Snyder speaks to the press on Wednesday, in Lansing, Michigan. Months after officials conceded that a series of bad decisions had caused a disaster, charges were filed against a pair of state Department of Environmental Quality employees and a local water treatment supervisor and stem from an investigation by the office of the attorney general. | JULIA NAGY / LANSING STATE JOURNAL VIA AP
    Gov. Rick Snyder speaks to the press on Wednesday, in Lansing, Michigan. Months after officials conceded that a series of bad decisions had caused a disaster, charges were filed against a pair of state Department of Environmental Quality employees and a local water treatment supervisor and stem from an investigation by the office of the attorney general. | JULIA NAGY / LANSING STATE JOURNAL VIA AP

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MINNEAPOLIS/DETROIT – The lead criminal charge brought on Wednesday against two Michigan state officials in connection with the tainted water supply in Flint, Michigan, could be difficult to prove, lawyers familiar with the state’s criminal law said.

The charge against state Department of Environmental Quality water supervisor Stephen Busch and water engineer Michael Prysby alleging “misconduct in office” might also be difficult to deploy against higher-level officials without day-to-day responsibilities relating to the city’s water, the lawyers said.

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