Gov. Rick Snyder began a three-hour deposition Wednesday morning at his Lansing office, answering questions under oath from union attorneys about why he authorized Detroit’s historic bankruptcy filing.The deposition began at 8:30 a.m. in a second-floor conference room of the Romney building, the governor’s downtown Lansing office across the street from the state Capitol.
Attorneys representing the United Auto Workers, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and city retirees are leading the inquiry of the decision-making that preceded Snyder’s July 18 authorization for Detroit to file the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
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