Posted on 12/07/2020 7:18:31 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
NEW ORLEANS, LA – With his recent win, City Council President Jason Williams will become the new District Attorney for Orleans Parish. Williams won 58 percent of the vote over former judge and one-time interim District Attorney Keva Landrum.
Louisiana politics:
"Jason Williams wins New Orleans DA's race even with tax fraud trial looming"https://t.co/UfqWSEElrR
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) December 7, 2020
However, Fox 8 Live reported that soon after Williams says the oath, he could face a federal jury on 11 counts of tax fraud. Reportedly, he was federally indicted back in June. Williams said:
“I’m a fighter. I’m willing to fight. I don’t get intimidated and I’m going to fight injustice even if it’s happening to me.”
Despite being federally indicted on 11 counts of tax fraud, Williams is still promising a “new era” for the office.
Williams has run on the promise of completely reforming the office, from the inside out. He calls it “injecting humanity back into the process,” and not just prosecuting as many people as they can.
Williams ran as a progressive, vowing to remake a criminal justice system that he called both racist and sexist and to end the “win at all costs” culture that he said has shaped the prosecutor’s office over the last several administrations.
Williams claimed the federal indictment for tax fraud was a politically motivated attack to prevent his election. He will be the first district attorney with no experience as a prosecutor in decades.
Jason Williams’ outsider campaign to reform the top prosecutor’s office in New Orleans was validated by voters as the defense attorney and at-large council member defeated establishment candidate Keva Landrum. https://t.co/zRGKXPtbp0
— New Orleans Public Radio (@WWNO) December 7, 2020
(Excerpt) Read more at lawenforcementtoday.com ...
Batting average for Federal prosecutors: about .993
bttt
A corrupt RAT, who would’ve thought?
Actually, he should have promised a “new error” for the office.
“Despite being federally indicted on 11 counts of tax fraud, Williams is still promising a “new era” for the office
Great. Just what we need, another DA funded by one of the world’s last living NAZIs.
Tax fraud cases have very high success rates.
One reason is that there are so many of them for prosecutors to choose from—they might as well go for the slam dunks.
This is true. I have done a lot of federal criminal defense and am good friends with all the AUSA’s here. They HATE tax cases and will only take them if it’s big money and airtight.
One reason is that there are so many of them for prosecutors to choose from—they might as well go for the slam dunks.
This one must be especially good because the IRS seldom targets Dems (professional courtesy)
New Orleans has always been a toilet in need of flushing. Voters added a new turd to the bowl.
In Louisiana, theft, fraud, and graft are practically part of a school curriculum for black Democrats. And it helps deflect attention from corrupt white Democrats. Sort of a demographic sleight-of-hand.
That's good, pal. You'll find that to be a useful character trait in ClubFed.
Hopefully these despicable humans funding all this chaos will be captured and sent to gitmo
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