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杰夫·兰德里州长下令州警方调查大陪审团不当行为，并承诺将“在法律允许的最快速度内”启动赦免程序
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新奥尔良大陪审团周四以包括恐吓行为和渎职在内的多项罪名起诉路易斯安那州共和党总检察长莉兹·默里尔，指控这位州最高执法官员在奥尔良 Parish 刑事法院书记员办公室这一备受关注的政治争端中威胁当地官员。
这份包含16项罪名的起诉书指控路易斯安那州首位女性总检察长威胁当地官员，如果他们继续执行她认为违反州法律的行为，就将他们免职。
负责此案的助理地区检察官劳里·怀特周四表示，她预计这将是一起“非常简单”且“一目了然”的案件。
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路易斯安那州总检察长莉兹·默里尔于2024年3月18日在华盛顿离开美国最高法院，当时大法官们正在就拜登总统政府提起的上诉进行辩论，该上诉针对下级法院对政府鼓励社交媒体公司删除被认定为错误信息内容的能力施加的限制。（路透社/邦妮·卡什 摄）
默里尔在X平台上发帖回应，称此次起诉“具有报复性、毫无根据且违宪”，并表示她将立即向路易斯安那州最高法院提起上诉。
“我不会退缩，”默里尔写道。“我将继续执法、打击腐败，并完成路易斯安那州人民选举我来做的工作。”
共和党州长杰夫·兰德里也为默里尔辩护，称他将“在法律允许的最快速度内”对她启动赦免程序。
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路易斯安那州州长杰夫·兰德里在总检察长莉兹·默里尔被起诉后为其辩护，并承诺将“在法律允许的最快速度内”对她启动赦免程序。（美联社照片/马克·席尔费尔贝因，资料图）
兰德里表示，默里尔“不必担心会被这个袋鼠法庭大陪审团或奥尔良袋鼠法庭玷污名誉”。
“奥尔良的刑事司法系统简直是彻头彻尾的闹剧，我们绝不会容忍这种情况！”他补充道。
在后续的帖子中，兰德里呼吁对大陪审团程序展开调查。
“根据@AGLizMurrill 提交的动议中的信息，我已下令州警方立即开始调查这个大陪审团及其组织者被指控存在的不当行为！”
此次起诉源于州领导层与新奥尔良官员之间持续数月的争端，争端焦点是奥尔良 Parish 刑事法院书记员办公室。
在兰德里的敦促下，路易斯安那州议会通过了一项共和党支持的改革法案，废除了民选的奥尔良 Parish 刑事法院书记员职位。此前，在入狱近30年后其定罪被推翻的卡尔文·邓肯赢得了该职位。该法律将该职位的职责移交给了该教区的民事法院书记员，从而阻止邓肯就职。
在新奥尔良官员试图安排邓肯就职或为他就任该职位开辟道路后，默里尔警告称，他们可能会根据路易斯安那州的“篡夺者”法律被免职，该法律禁止支持未经授权的公职人员。检察官称，这些警告构成了对她的刑事指控的依据。
“我们非常关注新奥尔良的民选官员不会受到任何形式的信件或其他方式的恐吓或威胁，”怀特在起诉书公开后告诉记者。
根据法庭记录，默里尔的保释金于周四定为40万美元。
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特别检察官劳里·怀特于2026年7月2日周四在新奥尔良奥尔良刑事地区法院大楼外宣布起诉路易斯安那州总检察长莉兹·默里尔。（索菲亚·杰默/《泰晤士-皮卡尤恩报》/《新奥尔良倡导者报》 via 美联社）
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系默里尔的办公室以获取更多评论。
本文由美联社协助报道。
迈克尔·辛克维奇是福克斯新闻数字频道的撰稿人。新闻线索可发送至michael.sinkewicz@fox.com
Louisiana attorney general accused of threatening local officials in criminal indictment
July 3, 2026 5:29am EDT / Fox News
Gov Jeff Landry ordered state police to probe grand jury improprieties and pledged a pardon ‘as fast as the law allows’
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A New Orleans grand jury on Thursday indicted Republican Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill on charges including intimidation and malfeasance, accusing the state’s top law enforcement officer of threatening local officials during a high-profile political dispute over the Orleans Parish criminal court clerk’s office.
The 16-count indictment accuses Louisiana’s first female attorney general of threatening local officials with removal from office if they proceeded with actions she believed violated state law.
Assistant District Attorney Laurie White, who is prosecuting the case, said Thursday she expects it to be “very simple” and “very open and shut.”
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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill leaves the U.S. Supreme Court after justices heard arguments in an appeal by President Joe Biden’s administration of restrictions imposed by lower courts on its ability to encourage social media companies to remove content deemed misinformation, in Washington, U.S., March 18, 2024.(REUTERS/Bonnie Cash)
Murrill responded in a post on X, calling the indictment “retaliatory, meritless, and unconstitutional” and saying she would immediately appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court.
“I will not back down,” Murrill wrote. “I will continue enforcing the law, fighting corruption, and doing the job the people of Louisiana elected me to do.”
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry also defended Murrill, saying he would pardon her “as fast as the law allows.”
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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry defended Attorney General Liz Murrill following her indictment and pledged to pardon her “as fast as the law allows.”(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)
Landry said Murrill “will not have to worry about having her reputation tarnished by this kangaroo grand jury or the Orleans Kangaroo court.”
“The criminal justice system is a circus at its finest in Orleans and we will not have any of that!” he added.
In a follow-up post, Landry called for an investigation into the grand jury proceedings.
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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is surrounded by law enforcement leaders during a Dec. 18, 2025 press conference in Ruston.(Greg Hilburn/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
“Based on the information contained in the motion by @AGLizMurrill, I am ordering the State Police to immediately begin investigating the alleged improprieties of this grand jury and those who ran it!”
The indictment stems from a months-long dispute between state leaders and New Orleans officials over the Orleans Parish criminal court clerk’s office.
At Landry’s urging, Louisiana lawmakers approved a Republican-backed overhaul that eliminated the elected Orleans Parish criminal court clerk position after Calvin Duncan, a man who spent nearly three decades in prison before his conviction was overturned, won the office. The law transferred the position’s duties to the parish’s civil court clerk, preventing Duncan from taking office.
After New Orleans officials sought to install Duncan, or create a path for him to assume the office, Murrill warned they could face removal under Louisiana’s “usurper” laws, which prohibit support for an unauthorized officeholder. Prosecutors allege those warnings formed the basis of the criminal charges against her.
“We’re very interested in elected officials in New Orleans not being intimidated or threatened by letter or any other way,” White told reporters after the indictment was unsealed.
Bond for Murrill was set at $400,000 on Thursday, according to court records.
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Special prosecutor Laurie White announces the indictment of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill outside the Orleans Criminal District Court building in New Orleans, Thursday, July 2, 2026.(Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Fox News Digital has reached out to Murrill’s office for additional comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
_Michael Sinkewicz is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to_michael.sinkewicz@fox.com_
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