Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill says she will "get to the bottom" of why a grand jury decided it should investigate her, and indict her, even though the charges have now been dropped.
Given grand jury secrecy rules, how can Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill go about gathering information on the panel that indicted her?
"Good question," said Loyola law professor Dane Ciolino. "Nothing's precedented about this unprecedented prosecution."
Ciolino said normally, the attorney general can't just launch criminal investigations in New Orleans -- but because New Orleans D.A. Jason Williams recused his office from the Murrill investigation, that might provide an avenue for the A.G.'s office to take a more active role.
Murrill and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry say maybe federal authorities should investigate, but Ciolino says he's not sure what federal law may have been broken:
"I cannot imagine a federal crime being implicated by what an Orleans Parish grand jury did under these circumstances," he said.
Landry has also ordered Louisiana State Police to investigate.
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