Aaron Broussard's sentencing Monday might have been the biggest federal court story involving Jefferson Parish politics since Judge Alan Green was ordered to prison in 2005. Here's how others covered it: Other stories come from clickjefferson.com, Gambit and noladefender.com.
Aaron Broussard's sentencing Monday might have been the biggest federal court story involving Jefferson Parish politics since Judge Alan Green was ordered to prison in 2005. Here's how others covered it:
- The Advocate calls Broussard's sentencing the "latest chapter of a political saga that rocked Jefferson Parish to its core and dominated headlines for years."
- The Associated Press account, as carried on The Huffington Post and dailymail.com, recalls for its world audience that Broussard "was best known for sobbing during a nationally televised interview during Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath."
- South Coast Today, a Nova Scotia news outfit, also has a story. Broussard had real estate interests in the Canadian province.
- WDSU says prosecutors "were not happy" with the sentence, wanting more prison time, and includes a brief video clip of interim U.S. Attorney Dana Boente.
- WGNO calls the sentence "surprisingly lenient."
- WVUE has Broussard attorney Robert Jenkins saying, ""We're quite happy with the sentence."
- WWL radio illustrates its online story with a file picture of Broussard in Carnival colors hoisting what might be a glass of champagne.
- WWL television has criminal defense lawyers Donald "Chick" Foret, who was not involved in the case, saying the judge "was not impressed with the payroll portion of the case."