As Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard resigned some of his staffers were at federal court, dropping off documents in the criminal investigation of his former top aid Tim Whitmer.
This was their second appearance before a grand jury in as many months.
"Just the various things they asked about insurance aspects of the Whitmer investigation, said Deputy Parish Attorney Louis Gruntz.
Federal investigators are looking into the private business dealings of former parish CAO Whitmer who resigned on Monday.
Whitmer is accused of using his position to steer parish contracts to an insurance company, Lagniappe Industries owned by him and his wife.
The five boxes of documents supplement what the parish delivered in December.
But, the bulk of the files deal primarily with the River Birch landfill.
River Birch's parent company Shadowlake Management is reportedly one of seven parish vendors doing business with Whitmer and his associates including former parish president Tim Coulon.
"They asked for documents involving the same parties from the parish, but with respect to River Birch," said Gruntz. "So, we collected those documents now, all the emails, any paperwork we have. That's what we're producing."
Jefferson Parish Attorney Tom Wilkinson was called before the grand jury to personally identify his documents.
Wilkinson recused himself from Whitmer's administrative investigation because he did private legal work for Whitmer's family.
Wilkinson prepared many of the River Birch contracts for the parish.
"I have been requested to bring my files to the grand jury this morning," said Wilkinson. "I have complied fully with their request, will cooperate fully and continue to do so."
The Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District dropped off documents to the grand jury late Thursday afternoon.
The documents deal with professional contracts for insurance, architecture and other services from 2004 to 2008.
That's when Tim Coulon chaired the LSED.
Board attorney Larry Roedel released a statement saying "The LSED is not the subject of the inquiry. We will cooperate with federal authorities to provide all information requested."
As for the Jefferson Parish administration, a new round of federal subpoenas has already arrived.
That means parish officials will likely return to the federal courthouse early and often in the coming months.
