An Orleans Parish grand jury, apparently steered by special prosecutor Laurie White, handed up a 16-count felony indictment against the sitting Attorney General of Louisiana: eight counts of public intimidation and eight counts of malfeasance in office. The alleged crime? Sending letters to New Orleans officials demanding they rescind actions tied to a state-level overhaul of local courts. That is the entire basis. Not bribery. Not theft. Not violence. Letters. Official correspondence from the state’s top law enforcement officer asserting the supremacy of state law over local resistance. This is not prosecution. This is lawfare. Laurie White and the Orleans Parish officials who enabled this spectacle have revealed themselves as something far worse than mere partisans. They are deplorable operators who have weaponized the criminal justice system against a statewide elected official. White, a former judge brought in as special prosecutor by a local court, now stands exposed as the archit...
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