内容摘要：, 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez, was arrested and shouted “Free Palestine” as he was led away. Charging documents said he later told police, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza.”

, 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez, was arrested and shouted “Free Palestine” as he was led away. Charging documents said he later told police, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza.”

At a press conference the day of the escape on May 16, Hutson said that she believed the timing of the jailbreak may have been politically motivated.Hutson’s motion for recusal says that Williams’ investigation had given an “unfair advantage to his preferred candidate” and would be a “strain” on the resources of the sheriff’s office.

Hutson’s allegations against Williams come after local and state officials heaped criticism on Hutson’s management of the jail and her office’s hourslong delay in notifying authorities of the escape. While Hutson has sought to blame the escape on a lack of funding to help make urgent improvements toand ailing jail infrastructure, city and state leaders have generally disputed this characterization.Murrill said in a Thursday statement that she is heading the investigation to provide “accountability” and “recommendations” to the state and the city “to ensure that an escape like this never happens again.”

Hutson said that she “welcomes the oversight of the Attorney General’s Office and remains fully committed to cooperating with all relevant authorities.”The Orleans Parish jail system,

, has been under federal oversight since 2013.

Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative., particularly since his loss in the 2020 presidential race, has argued that his executive order will secure the vote against illegal voting by noncitizens. Multiple studies and investigations

have shown that noncitizens casting ballots in federal elections, already a felony,. Noncitizen voting is allowed in some local races.

An estimated 9% of U.S. citizens of voting age, or 21.3 million people, do not have proof of citizenship readily available, according to aby the Brennan Center for Justice and other groups.