Wayne County Exec.: $350K for legal costs
Detroit — Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano is so swamped with FBI subpoenas he wants taxpayers to spend nearly $400,000 for a criminal defense attorney to answer them.
His administration today is set to ask county commissioners to consider a $350,000 contract with Thomas Cranmer and his colleagues and Miller Canfield to gather materials sought by a grand jury through eight subpoenas.
An incredulous Commissioner Laura Cox, R-Livonia, said that's atop almost $50,000 the county has paid Cranmer — so the scandal that has swirled around Ficano since September is impacting taxpayers.
"Why do we have to pay a criminal defense attorney to do this is beyond me," Cox said.
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