Source: Associated Press
La. (AP) — Out of federal prison and on home detention, former Gov. Edwin Edwards has a new job. He'll be working as a consultant to a private business owned by the head of the Louisiana Democratic Party.
Edwards has been hired by party chairman Claude "Buddy" Leach. But party spokesman Kevin Franck stresses Edwards "will have no role in the Louisiana Democratic Party."
Franck says he doesn't know the details of what Edwards will do as a consultant to Leach. Edwards biographer Leo Honeycutt says he believes Edwards will be helping with oil and gas lease issues at a company Leach owns that is involved in the oil and gas services industry.
The 83-year-old former governor was released from prison Thursday after serving eight years in jail for a corruption conviction.
Franck says he doesn't know the details of what Edwards will do as a consultant to Leach. Edwards biographer Leo Honeycutt says he believes Edwards will be helping with oil and gas lease issues at a company Leach owns that is involved in the oil and gas services industry.
The 83-year-old former governor was released from prison Thursday after serving eight years in jail for a corruption conviction.
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