Thread by @JSODonoghue

Sen. Beth Mizell raises concerns about whether the search for LSU president will transparent.

The process -- when @BobbyJindal was in office -- to hire King Alexander was not transparent, to say the least. #lalege

Also worth noting that LSU seems to be relatively far away from hiring a permanent president. King Alexander left in December of 2019. LSU looks like its going to be without a permanent president for at least 18 months. #lalege #lagov

It's taken @sahilferty five questions of DeCuir for him to start naming the people at LSU assigned to protect students.

DeCuir has made clear -- as general counsel -- that his "client" is the LSU Board of Supervisors -- not the students if the two interests conflict. #lalege

I'm not paraphrasing this. @sahilferty asked: "Who is supposed to protect the students?" .... and it took four follow up questions to get the names of people assigned to do that. #lalege #lagov

Sounds like the answer to the question of "who protects the students" is the Title IX office -- which LSU understaffed and handled poorly for years. #lalege #lagov

"Let's face it you wouldn't have a job if it wasn't for the students." - @Aimee4nola to DeCuir.

She says she is hearing from lots of students who are afraid to come testify. #lalege #lagov

"They weren't planning to come with or without the lawsuit." - @Aimee4nola

She says Verge Ausberry and @Coach_EdOrgeron announced they weren't coming before Lewis' lawsuit was announced. #lalege #lagov

.@Aimee4nola says she is irritated that @Coach_EdOrgeron said he couldn't come to this hearing, but he held a press conference with sports reporters on Tuesday evening.

She tried to attend and wasn't able to get into it. #lalege

Winston DeCuir says he didn't know @Coach_EdOrgeron had a press conference on Tuesday night.

He must not read the sports page or follow sports reporters on Twitter. It was pretty well known that Oregeron had a press conference Tuesday night. #lalege #lagov

.@Aimee4nola says she has been told that either Miriam Segar or Verge Ausberry was still working during their suspensions. She said the person who told her this was afraid to come testify in public because of backlash from LSU. #lalege #lagov

"This isn't about one person doing something wrong..." - DeCuir as to why LSU hasn't fired someone.

Ausberry heard a football player hit a girl. He didn't take it to ANYONE. He had been told he should report domestic violence to someone in Athletics at least. #lalege

Ausberry had been told he should report domestic violence to Athletics -- which isn't in keeping with federal law. (He should have reported to Title IX or law enforcement.) But honestly, he didn't even do that. He told no one about Davis' domestic violence. #lalege

"This reminds of what happens after mass shootings." - @TeamKCP "What is happening right now is blatantly unfair from our flagship and our leadership." #lalege #lagov

Also, if what Sharon Lewis says is true, I find it hard to believe that Ausberry and others at Athletics didn't know it was wrong (and illegal) to go along with Les Miles requesting that Black women with dark skin not be hired to work as students for the football program. #lalege

.@ReginaBarrow basically leaves open the door to legislative committees issuing to subpoenas to LSU officials. Within session, "standing committees" have the ability to subpoena folks, she says. (The Senate president would have to agree this.) #lalege