When the Lil Liddy story broke, many local Dragonslaying enthusiasts expressed their unbridled glee at the idea of their hero, Gambit New Orleanian of the Year Republican US Attorney Jim Letten, going after Lil Liddy and the Lidettes. I wasn't so sure. Letten may make the local Yuppie Left and Right swoon by going after big time Democrats like the Jeffersons and small time local Republicans like suburban municipal officials. But jumping on a non-office-holding national Right Wing celebrity like O'Keefe has far less political upside and could potentially be a career-damaging move in the larger picture.
Not saying I know that any of this calculus plays into why he's recusing himself from the case. (His office is going forward with the prosecution after all) But it is the sort of thing I think about when I see that.
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