Aaron Broussard to be arraigned in federal court
by Richard Rainey - Times-Picayune (excerpt)

Former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard, ex-wife Karen Parker and former parish attorney Tom Wilkinson are scheduled for arraignment in federal court today on payroll fraud charge. Each faces 33 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud and stealing federal money related to Parker's job in her ex-husband's administration. They are to appear at 10 a.m. before Magistrate Judge Francis Stacy to enter pleas and take care of other preliminary matters. The indictment accused Broussard and Wilkinson of hiring Parker and boosting her salary while she and Broussard were romantically involved. They married in May 2004 and divorced in October 2009.