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Investigation raises ethical questions about Enbridge’s ties to Snyder administration

Michigan Public | By Stateside Staff

Published July 11, 2018 at 3:47 PM EDT

Snyder is expected to make an annoucement about the fate of Line 5 later this summer, but Mauger and Malewitz's investigation is raising ethical questions about Enbridge's involvement in prior proceedings.

Stateside's conversation with Craig Mauger, Executive Director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, and Jim Malewitz, environment reporter for Bridge Magazine.

Has Governor Snyder's team partnered with Enbridge Energy in deciding the fate of Line 5?

That's the question explored in a joint investigation by Bridge Magazine and the Michigan Campaign Finance Network.

Craig Mauger, Executive Director of the MCFN, and Jim Malewitz, the environment reporter for Bridge, co-authored the report. They joined Stateside to tell us more about what they uncovered.

Listen above to hear what conclusions they drew from the 5,700 documents that they dug through, what parts of the correspondence between Enbridge and the administration were "unusual," and how groups are reacting to the report.

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