The lawyer for an assistant district attorney in Lafayette charged in a bribery scheme said in federal court Monday his client was the pawn of two men who accepted plea deals from federal prosecutors in exchange for their testimony against him.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Loew and Todd Clemons of Lake Charles, the attorney for ADA Gary Haynes, gave their opening statements Monday afternoon to a jury of six men and six women.
District Attorney Don Landry of the 15th Judicial District Court was the first witness in the trial, called by the prosecution. Clemons is expected to cross-examine Landry when the trial resumes Tuesday morning in Lafayette…