A New Orleans grand jury indicts Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill on criminal charges alleging she tried to intimidate eight local officials who opposed a Republican-backed law to overhaul Orleans Parish courts.The law, advanced by Governor Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Legislature days before Calvin Duncan, a man whose decades-old conviction was vacated, was to assume office after winning 68% of the vote, abolishes the separate criminal court clerk post and consolidates duties with the civil clerk.Murrill posts $400K bond; Governor
Jeff Landry vows to pardon her quickly, Assistant Attorney General
Laurie White says prosecutors expect a clear case, and local officials proceed with
Calvin Duncan’s swearing-in despite threats of state retaliation.