If called to testify, the former governor of Michigan will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refuse to do so.
The jury didn't show up for the appearance.
"Based on the advice of counsel, I would take my Fifth Amendment rights," he said.
During the presentation to jurors of his videotaped 2020 deposition in the case, which took place before he was charged with two counts of willful neglect of duty, he appeared in court.
Lawyers for the parties in the lawsuit have more questions they want to ask the man after he testified in a deposition. The appeal of Levy's ruling is still pending.
Levy said that he was in contempt of court. She didn't find him in contempt because of the pending appeal.
The jury in the water trial watched the video testimony of the man who said what he said.
The former governor wants to plead the Fifth in the trial.
The deposition was shown to jurors on Wednesday and it showed that the state might have addressed the lead poisoning of the water months sooner if it had been aware of the concerns.
In the last part of his testimony, he said that Veolia was a city contractor and that it would be normal for it to make reports and recommendations to the city.
The emergency manager was appointed by the state.
The consultants who worked for the city ofFlint are being sued by four children who were poisoned by the city's water supply. The parent company of Veolia and the other companies are the same one.
Criminal charges against the defendants in the water crisis could be dismissed.
The trial has been going on since February.
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