On
July 2, 2012, 1st Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Jan Maselli Mann wrote to federal judge
Head responding to the judge's request for an investigation of leaks,
including Grand Jury leaks, related to the Broussard/Wilkinson
prosecutions. One of the alleged “leaks” was of the existence of
target letters drafted by the New Orleans U.S. Attorney's Office on February 14, 2011.
In
that letter AUSA Maselli Mann wrote that target letters for Broussard,
Wilkinson, and Broussard's ex-wife Parker(-Broussard) were drafted on February
14, 2011, and that the letters were leaked by news media including
nola.com on February 16, 2011. Mann indicated no publication about
the target letters prior to February 16, 2011, and insisted that the
targets' own attorneys had leaked this information at that time. She
unequivocally denied the possibility that the leak came from the
Grand Jury or the USAO.
First, Maselli Mann's purported timeline is patently untrue. Main stream news media had the story starting at around 9:30 pm on February 14, including Fox 8 News and WWL Television.
First, Maselli Mann's purported timeline is patently untrue. Main stream news media had the story starting at around 9:30 pm on February 14, including Fox 8 News and WWL Television.
The
New Orleans U.S. Attorney's Office in New Orleans is located at 650
Poydras Street, facing Lafayette Square. Jan Mann was in charge of
the Office on February 14, 2011, as U.S. Attorney Jim Letten was at home recovering
from heart surgery.
The
Slabbed blog published on the evening of February 14, 2011:
BREAKING: We have a Slabb-o-gram from the Lafayette Square Wino!!!!!!!
Target
letters are out. And the Wino reports the winners are: (Drumroll
please)
- Aaron Broussard
- Tim Whitmer
- Tom Wilkinson
- Karen Parker (Broussard)
- Tim Coulon
And
if he didn’t get one today it will arrive shortly.
- Lawrence Chehardy
Plus
the Wino indicated there were “a number of others”.
We’ll
have more on this as we get it.
sop
Earlier, on February 9, 2011—5 days before the target letters were drafted--Handshoe had published:
I just had the most amazing conversation with the Lafayette Square Wino….
I’m
coughing like I have TB but when the Wino calls I gotta take it.
“You’re doing a better job since I busted your chops on Meffert’s
plea deal”, he said, “but is something you need to know….”
And
talk we did but there is one problem, beyond being able to disclose
that we received a great deal of additional color on Lawrence
Chehardy’s untimely departure from the office of the Jefferson
Parish Tax Assessor there isn’t much I can publish at this time. (I
know that sucks)
I
will say this, I’ve again had a knowledgable observer explain how
the DoJ is the fly in the ointment when it comes to some of these
very obvious cases of public corruption down here. Holding case
files until the statute of limitation expires is one way this is
done. An understaffed US Attorney’s office is another way the
public is cheated of justice as it is when valuable resources are
wasted on political prosecutions like the one involving our own
Ashton O’Dwyer.
Like
with the crime cameras and Sean Alfortish, civil litigation
could well force Mr Letten’s hand in some of these other matters.
I
know the answer but the Wino made certain I asked the Slabbed Nation
this question: If the Kelvin Landfill (JPL) closes as part
of a deal with River Birch, where will Team River Birch get the land
to expand their landfill down the line? (Hint. Industrial
zoned land sports the highest valuations.)
As
early as December 10, 2010, Handshoe was publishing on Slabbed posts
such as:
We have new subpoenas out in the Federal Grand Jury Investigation
with
21 comments
Not
seen the actual paper but my source is serendiptiously well placed.
It involves real estate transactions involving Team Heebe/River
Birch and a major local media personality. Due to the
sensitive nature of the actual subpoena and the fact the info went
to the grand jury this morning that is all I have to say about that
for now.
I
could be wrong but I think all hell is fixing to break loose with
this federal corruption investigation involving Jefferson parish
politicos.
sop
On September 5, 2011, Handshoe published a post:
Ok people here is the lowdown on the Robinette Grand Jury subpoena
Hopefully
this information will advance the quest for the truth in the Garland
Robinette portion of the widening scandal in Jefferson Parish.
I remembered it wasn’t just Robinette and Heebe but
included other names that should be very familiar to Slabbed lifers
like Dominick
Fazzio.
So without further adieu.
The
grand jury subpoena listed Jim Ward, Nancy Rhett, Fred Heebe,
Jennifer Sneed, Dominick Fazzio and Garland Robinette. The
properties are 7
Riverdale, 4
Honeysuckle and 22
Catalpa in
Covington and 6017
Patton in
New Orleans are/were owned by Robinette/Rhett. 5423
Camp in
New Orleans was also listed.
I
am digging for another tip in my email folders on this and will
update in comments.
sop
On
November 3, 2010, Handshoe published:
I
hate to admit it folks but I had the Meffert plea in my inbox early
Sunday [October 31, 2010] afternoon and took a pass since such tips
are generally unreliable. When
the news on the Greg
Meffert guilty plea subsequently broke on Monday I
immediately
hopped in the car and headed for NOLA and my source, who
reportedly hangs out around Lafayette Square with
the Wino (when
the Wino isn’t hanging out at Yenni). So I park and
start walking, first down St Charles past the LeDale Hotel and then
back to the Park. I then found a local watering hole and went
in and there he was.
“You
shudda listened to that tip I gave you about Meffert buddy.
My sources are impeccable.” My attempt to explain that such
tips have been unreliable for us in the past was interrupted with a
“you shudda asked!” and he then told me who he
overheard while lying in the gutter. So to make amends I
bought the guy Colt 45 and made my way back to my vehicle wondering
what to do with the info I had.
And
I kept pondering until earlier this evening, when I saw this
Frank Donze story which
highlighted Ray Ray the Chocolate Guy’s take on
Meffert’s plea. I had to laugh because Mr Meffert is
telling all and then some according to skid row bum. Meffert is
really fond of his wifey and is endeavoring to save her skin by
spilling his guts. The boogie man is coming for you Ray Ray.
On
November 1, 2010, Greg Meffert plead guilty to one count of
conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bribery and one count of filing a
false income tax return. He had previously reached a deal with the
USAO.
On
December 2, 2011, Broussard, Parker, and Wilkinson were indicted.
On December 12, 2011, Broussard filed a pro se motion in judge Head's
court seeking an investigation of leaks. The same day, Handshoe
published:
So
without further adieu lets check
in with the T-P’s Rich Rainey as
AB is upset that news of his indictment leaked out and he is
demanding an investigation.
Since
Slabbed is media if I may be so bold I’ll disclose that I too heard
about the indictments in advance, from another member of the media in
fact. That said I also knew Briussard’s driver had visited the
federal grand jury and a good idea of what the feds were after with
their then new late summer subpoenas at Yenni. I got neither of
those tidbits from Team Letten. And for those that wonder about my
Youtube embeds a few days before AB was indicted I posted a very
unique missive for Slabbed, a post with no name that featured Big Ben
striking 12. The only thing I didn’t know then was the exact day it
was coming down.
On
May 31, 2012, Handshoe published a post entitled: “Breaking: I have
received a Slabb O’Gram from the Wino!!!!!” He published:
sources
familiar with the ongoing investigation have indicated to
Slabbed there are several bit players to the saga we
know on Slabbed as the Jefferson Parish Political Corruption
Scandal that may well get Jim Brown’d via 18
U.S.C. § 1001 for
fibbing to
Federal Agents. This would be a damn shame IMHO because it is
always the small potatoes that end up burnt the worst when the
carnage is finally tallied thus the homespun wisdom we see in
the local rumor mill of people like Fred Heebe skating, while
others that did his bidding get hit with sentences that run into the
decades (see Mark St Pierre covering for Ray Ray the Chocolate
Guy).
On July 6, 2012: Handshoe published: “Folks Slabbed loves to get its information from low places and indeed I count among my best sources the infamous gutter wino of Lafayette Square.”
On November 30, 2012, Handshoe published:
Well
folks, being in Team Unwashed Masses has its
benefits as Jan Mann and Sal Perricone evidently preferred Legitimate
Media™ types for their leaking, not that there is anything
wrong with that as rumors are swirling and the Wino, in a drunken
stupor mentioned “the chilling
effects” Kurt
Engelhardt’s order is having on the discussion, even in the depths
of the gutters at Lafayette Square.
On December 10, 2012, Handshoe published a series of Twitter posts:
This is gonna be
a nasty fight: Team River Birch sues Uncle Sam.:
http://www.slabbed.org/2010/12/12/this-is-gonna-be-a-nasty-fight-team-river-birch-sues-uncle-sam/ …
Managing ethics
when no one else is looking
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/09/19/managing-ethics-when-no-one-else-is-looking/ …
We
have new subpoenas out in the Federal Grand Jury Investigation:
http://www.slabbed.org/2010/12/10/we-have-new-subpoenas-out-in-the-federal-grand-jury-investigation/ …
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