Officials allege she defrauded the city while trying to keep hidden her relationship with a police officer assigned to protect her.

It’s irritating for her and her supporters, but that’s the best strategy for her from a legal standpoint,” WWL Louisiana Political Analyst Clancy DuBos said.

The mayor of New Orleans had been treating her bodyguard to trips on the taxpayers’ dime during their years-long affair, a new federal grand jury indictment alleges. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted on Friday resulting from a corruption investigation.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell will continue charging the city’s school system millions of dollars in processing fees for collecting taxes that fund schools in defiance of a law prohibiting the practice,