What do the charges filed against Todd Courser have to do with the Flint water crisis? Courser sat down with WXYZ-TV to respond to the four felony charges filed against him on Friday. Courser says he is "confident that the truth will come out and that these baseless charges will be shown to be just another extension of corrupt government" in the following statement posted on his Facebook page:

"Yesterday, Attorney General Schuette filed baseless criminal charges against Todd Courser that are political in nature and have come at a time to take heat off the misconduct of others. After months and months of investigation, spending tens of thousands of your dollars, and claiming that Todd Courser misused taxpayer funds, Attorney General Schuette has charged him with a nonsensical claim of perjury and three counts of misconduct under a rarely used and vague "catchall" statute. MCL 750.505. None of the charges involve the alleged misuse of taxpayer funds, which was the claimed reason for the House investigation. It was during this House investigation that Todd Courser was held under House arrest, without due process or equal protection, and without the ability to review the charges or question witnesses. Attorney General Schuette says, "No one is beyond the reach of the law"; yet there have been no charges brought against the proper parties who engaged in extortion, wiretapping, stalking, conspiracy, and multiple other felonies. These charges come against Todd Courser after the Michigan State Police Investigation has now shown that the extortion texts were genuine. Todd Courser will continue to defend himself against these baseless and unconstitutional charges. He is confident that the truth will come out and that these baseless charges will be shown to be just another extension of corrupt government."

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