Looks like Jason will have to carry the weight of his tax fraud indictment all the way through the campaign.
The federal courthouse in New Orleans will hold no jury trials until next year, under an order issued Thursday that seems to make certain that City Council President Jason Williams will not face trial on tax-fraud charges before voters weigh in on his bid to become Orleans Parish district attorney.
The order from U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown, the court’s chief judge, suspends all civil and criminal jury trials in the Eastern District of Louisiana until at least Jan. 1.
Too lazy to look it up right now but I can only assume the municipal courts are following a similar order. I was actually supposed to start jury duty somewhere back in "Phase 1" but that wasn't possible then and I have to assume it still isn't since no one has called me.
Eviction court is open though... no idea how that happened.
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