Louisiana court halts criminal indictment against state attorney general
by Edward Helmore from US news | The Guardian on (#76R73)
Republican Liz Murrill was indicted for the alleged intimidation of New Orleans elected officials
Louisiana's highest court has granted a stay of the proceedings in a criminal indictment targeting the state's attorney general, in the latest twist of a high-stakes political battle between Republican state leaders and Democrats who govern its most famous city, New Orleans.
Liz Murrill, a Republican who is Louisiana's first female attorney general, was slapped with a 16-count indictment on Thursday by a New Orleans grand jury charging her with intimidation and malfeasance. The charges effectively accused her of trying to intimidate New Orleans officials who fought a law passed by Republican legislators to overhaul the city's courts.
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