Lost in all the news of Steve Theriot and Jefferson Parish filing suit against the blogosphere was a report by Michael Perlstein of Channel 4 on Aaron Broussard’s latest trip to the federal courthouse Friday in response to another subpoena issued by Team Letten. Broussard was evidently tight-lipped on the content of the subpoena but Broussard’s attorney Mike Ellis did have a few things to say to let’s visit with Perlstein’s report:
This is at least the second time since Broussard resigned from office in January that he has been ordered by the grand jury to deliver records in an ongoing criminal investigation of his administration.
Broussard was accompanied by his attorney Mike Ellis, who declined to give details on the nature of the requested documents.
“Aaron responded to the subpoena,” Ellis said. “I can’t comment on what it’s about, but he was in compliance.”
When to comes to expressing their opinions the Slabbed team rarely minces words and the opinions are usually diverse. That said most everyone has expressed a great deal of respect for Mr Broussard’s lawyer Mike Ellis. Still in all, especially given what we do know about Mr Broussard both in the context of the current scandal and his performance during Katrina I think most everyone was scratching their heads when he mentioned Mr Broussard and “good name” in the same sentence as we continue: Continue reading “Catching up with Aaron Broussard. Another subpoena and more documents to the grand jury. Updated”