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A judge has dropped Ascension Parish Clint Cointment from a defamation lawsuit filed by his two-time election opponent, Murphy Painter, who claims Cointment and others conspired to publish misleading quotes
In 2019, former lawman Murphy Painter dropped out of the race for Ascension Parish president after a quote was published online from a secret recording of him saying he was
The hogs-at-the-trough crowd really don't like staunch conservative state rep Kathy Edmonston and one of their house organs is attacking her.
"Democrat Don" Schexnaydre is challenging Louisiana Freedom Caucus member Kathy Edmonson for House District 88 and he's not telling the truth.
Court rules secret Murphy Painter audio is public record Murphy Painter (Source: WAFB) By WAFB Staff | December 10, 2020 at 1:35 PM CST - Updated December 10 at 1:35 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The full contents of a secretly-recorded audio tape about Ascension Parish politics was handed over by prosecutors Wednesday, despite lengthy legal challenges to prevent its release. The First Circuit Court of Appeal this week declined to hear the case. In doing so, the court essentially sided with a lower court’s ruling that the secret recording, used as evidence in a grand jury hearing, is ...