LANSING, MI -- Gov. Rick Snyder's private attorneys withheld documents that investigators with the Michigan Attorney General's Office have requested, Attorney General Bill Schuette said.

Snyder's spokesman said Tuesday the The governor's office is working to comply with the investigation.

Schuette identified the governor's attorneys during a June 28 roundtable when asked for details about who was withholding documents.

"It's the governor's private attorneys that were not providing that information," Schuette said Tuesday to a roomful of reporters and news cameras.

"I think we'll solve that, but that's the issue," Schuette said. He did not give details as to how the issue would be solved, or if the requested documents were still outstanding Tuesday.

Todd Flood, who was appointed as a special prosecutor by Schuette, announced Wednesday, June 22, that his investigators ran into roadblocks from state agencies that have refused to turn over the materials he believes are necessary to advance his criminal investigation.

"You can rest assured if I don't get from all agencies, governor included, what I need and what we have a right for -- they will be in court," Flood said on June 22, declining to give details at that time.

Snyder's spokesman, Ari Adler, said Tuesday it's puzzling to hear the Attorney General suggest the governor's office is not cooperating.

"We are taking this situation very seriously and are working with the Attorney General's Office to fully comply with all investigations," Adler said by email, adding that more documents were sent to investigators since last week.

"We have already produced hundreds of thousands of pages from the Executive Office and state departments. Mr. Flood received documents from the Attorney General's Office on our behalf in March, April, May and June and we heard no complaints about those document productions."

Requests were made for information, Schuette said, and information and documents were not forthcoming.

"It had nothing to do with the attorneys at the department of Attorney General," Schuette said Tuesday. "It was the governor's private attorneys that were not providing the documents."

He called the Flint water crisis probe the most significant investigation that's happened in Michigan's modern history. It will be a long path to restore confidence in the government for the people of Flint, he said Tuesday.

"Look at the damage that's been caused to families in Flint. Twelve people died of legionella. That's why I'm doing an investigation."

-- Brad Devereaux is a reporter for MLive.com. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter.