The ongoing legal battle between Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and New Orleans city leaders continues, and now, the attorney representing Murrill claims she has evidence that some of those city leaders colluded before the Orleans Parish grand jury indicted her.
"Their communications are ongoing after the recusal all the way up to the indictment," Laura Cannizzarro Rodrigue told WWL's Newell Normand. "We have constant communications every two or three days between the first assistant and the special prosecutor and an assistant district attorney and the special prosecutor."
Rodrigue says she has 57 pages of text messages between special prosecutor Laurie White and two Orleans Parish assistant district attorneys discussing the criminal case against Murrill, communications she says took place from the time the District Attorney's Office recused itself through Murrill's indictment. According to Rodrigue, some of those texts indicate that Mayor Helena Moreno and five city council members knew about the grand jury proceedings and testified before that grand jury.
"She tells them: Listen, I gotta coordinate. I have these six VIP witnesses, and each of them has their own driver, and they all think they are so important. Just ask them. They are all bringing their attorneys, so I have to coordinate them before the grand jury," Rodrigue said. "Those six, you could logically conclude, would be the five council members and the mayor."
We have reached out to the mayor's office, city council office, and the district attorney's office for comment.
