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Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Jason Williams
District Attorney (Orleans Parish)
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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/ 100
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Raw: -28 of 10 dynamic max
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-30
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✝ God First
2/ 70
🏛️ Local First
0/ 30
National Rank
#8,931 of 8,966 · bottom 0.4% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.
For every candidate with a documented donor record, two things happen: (1) the specific category question is marked False (foreign_policy_restraint[q4] for AIPAC + China; economic_stewardship[q5] — the WEF/ESG/Davos capture question — for Soros-network donors), so the per-category subscore drops by 2 points; (2) an additional dollar-bracket adjustment is applied to the total, making the penalty proportional to the magnitude of the funding. Both impacts are visible on this page.
Base score 2/100 → Adjusted -28/100
- Open Society / Soros donor network-30New Orleans (Orleans Parish) District Attorney. The Soros-funded Louisiana Justice & Public Safety PAC spent in support of his 2020 race (Soros gave $220K+ to the PAC, which spent against his opponent; policedefense.org sorosmap lists $500K+). CORRECTION 2026-06-10: prior note claimed a 2025 misdemeanor tax guilty plea — false. He was indicted in 2020 on 10 federal felony tax counts and acquitted on ALL counts in July 2022.The Open Society Foundations and the Democracy PAC vehicles tied to George Soros / Alex Soros are direct funding rails for the WEF / ESG / Davos capture agenda — Soros is a founding World Economic Forum attendee and OSF is one of its largest civil-society partners. RESOLUTE Citizen treats documented Soros-network contributions as a failure on economic_stewardship/q5, the question that asks whether the candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels — accepting money from the architect of that capture is a revealed preference against it. The same Soros DA network is documented to decline prosecution of attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers and refuse to enforce state abortion restrictions; that pattern is tracked separately under sanctity_of_life claims. A dollar-bracket adjustment is also applied to the total score.
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Official Profile
Education: Tulane University (BA, JD)
Background: Criminal-defense attorney; longtime Innocence Project New Orleans volunteer; at-large New Orleans City Councilman before DA. Indicted 2020 on 10 federal tax-fraud counts; ACQUITTED on all counts July 2022.
Next Election Year: 2027
X / Twitter: @RunWithJason
Orleans Parish DA since Jan 2021 (elected Dec 2020, defeating Keva Landrum); term through Dec 31, 2027; no declared re-election bid found. CORRECTION 2026-06-10: a prior note claimed he 'pleaded guilty in 2025 to misdemeanor tax charges' — FALSE. He was indicted in 2020 on 10 federal felony tax-fraud counts and a federal jury ACQUITTED him on all counts in July 2022 (his tax preparer and former law associates pleaded guilty in related cases). [2026-06-10 RESOLUTE refinement] Documented profile: archetypal Soros-era progressive prosecutor who later executed tough-on-crime reversals — pledged post-Dobbs not to prosecute under Louisiana's abortion ban; first year dismissed 1,859 open felonies and stopped prosecuting most low-level drug possession (ACLU questionnaire pledged 'decline & divert' and alternatives to cash bail); Civil Rights Division vacated ~100 sentences. From 2021-23 reversed course: resumed charging some juveniles as adults ('the position to never charge juveniles as adults was the wrong one'), revived the habitual-offender law he campaigned against, rebuked his own deputy for refusing Mardi Gras gun charges, and ceded some cases to the state AG under Gov. Landry. NOLA homicides hit a 50-year low in 2025 (121), which he claims partial credit for; watchdog MCC said public safety 'suffered' in his first two years. Sanctuary-aligned: ICE cooperation only for violent-crime suspects. Opposed Louisiana's 2024 permitless-carry law for New Orleans and backed the French Quarter carve-out workaround.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
Not yet verified
Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county Pride proclamations, Pride flags at city facilities, drag programming in libraries, and LGBT-affirming K-12 curriculum (school-board-relevant)
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
Not yet verified[3]
Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
Not yet verified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
Not yet verified
Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
Not yet verified[7]
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
Not yet verified[10]
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
Not yet verified
Official has asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
Not yet verified[13]
Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
Not yet verified
Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
Not yet verified
Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
Not yet verified
Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
Not yet verified
Sources & Evidence
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Pledged not to prosecute abortion providers or patients under Louisiana's post-Dobbs ban: 'It would not be wise or prudent to shift our priority... to investigating the choices women make with regard to their own bodies.' Unclassified
Pledged not to prosecute abortion providers or patients under Louisiana's post-Dobbs ban: 'It would not be wise or prudent to shift our priority... to investigating the choices women make with regard to their own bodies.'
- [2]Pledged not to prosecute abortion providers or patients under Louisiana's post-Dobbs ban: 'It would not be wise or prudent to shift our priority... to investigating the choices women make with regard to their own bodies.' Unclassified
Pledged not to prosecute abortion providers or patients under Louisiana's post-Dobbs ban: 'It would not be wise or prudent to shift our priority... to investigating the choices women make with regard to their own bodies.'
- [3]Joined faith leaders to pray publicly for peace (Feb 2026) and campaigned in churches — participation, not a policy position on public prayer; left null. Unclassified
Joined faith leaders to pray publicly for peace (Feb 2026) and campaigned in churches — participation, not a policy position on public prayer; left null.
- [4]Embraced New Orleans' sanctuary posture — ICE cooperation only for violent-crime suspects: 'I don't think the tolerance level, or the way that New Orleans shows love, is going to change simply because of a change in the administration.' Unclassified
Embraced New Orleans' sanctuary posture — ICE cooperation only for violent-crime suspects: 'I don't think the tolerance level, or the way that New Orleans shows love, is going to change simply because of a change in the administration.'
- [5]Opposed Louisiana's 2024 permitless (constitutional) carry law for New Orleans, pleaded for a French Quarter carve-out, then backed the legal workaround declaring the 8th District police station a 'school' to keep the Quarter gun-free. Unclassified
Opposed Louisiana's 2024 permitless (constitutional) carry law for New Orleans, pleaded for a French Quarter carve-out, then backed the legal workaround declaring the 8th District police station a 'school' to keep the Quarter gun-free.
- [6]Opposed Louisiana's 2024 permitless (constitutional) carry law for New Orleans, pleaded for a French Quarter carve-out, then backed the legal workaround declaring the 8th District police station a 'school' to keep the Quarter gun-free. Center
Opposed Louisiana's 2024 permitless (constitutional) carry law for New Orleans, pleaded for a French Quarter carve-out, then backed the legal workaround declaring the 8th District police station a 'school' to keep the Quarter gun-free.
- [7]Mixed: publicly rebuked his own deputy for refusing Mardi Gras gun charges and touts an 85.7% homicide conviction rate, but his broader record is mass dismissals; no clear affirmative pro-police advocacy or defund stance found — null. Unclassified
Mixed: publicly rebuked his own deputy for refusing Mardi Gras gun charges and touts an 85.7% homicide conviction rate, but his broader record is mass dismissals; no clear affirmative pro-police advocacy or defund stance found — null.
- [8]Implemented the policies this cell opposes: ACLU questionnaire pledge to 'decline & divert' with alternatives to cash bail; dismissed 1,859 open felonies in year one; stopped prosecuting most low-level drug possession. Partial later reversals noted but the documented policy record stands. Unclassified
Implemented the policies this cell opposes: ACLU questionnaire pledge to 'decline & divert' with alternatives to cash bail; dismissed 1,859 open felonies in year one; stopped prosecuting most low-level drug possession. Partial later reversals noted but the documented policy record stands.
- [9]Implemented the policies this cell opposes: ACLU questionnaire pledge to 'decline & divert' with alternatives to cash bail; dismissed 1,859 open felonies in year one; stopped prosecuting most low-level drug possession. Partial later reversals noted but the documented policy record stands. Unclassified
Implemented the policies this cell opposes: ACLU questionnaire pledge to 'decline & divert' with alternatives to cash bail; dismissed 1,859 open felonies in year one; stopped prosecuting most low-level drug possession. Partial later reversals noted but the documented policy record stands.
- [10]Mixed: post-conviction unit freed 86 people (49 lifers) — framed as wrongful-conviction relief — while he later revived the habitual-offender law; no clean restitution/proportionality position — null. Center
Mixed: post-conviction unit freed 86 people (49 lifers) — framed as wrongful-conviction relief — while he later revived the habitual-offender law; no clean restitution/proportionality position — null.
- [11]Explicitly reversed soft-on-violent-crime positions: 'the position to never charge juveniles as adults was the wrong one' (resumed adult charges, May 2021); revived the habitual-offender law (Mar 2023). Unclassified
Explicitly reversed soft-on-violent-crime positions: 'the position to never charge juveniles as adults was the wrong one' (resumed adult charges, May 2021); revived the habitual-offender law (Mar 2023).
- [12]Explicitly reversed soft-on-violent-crime positions: 'the position to never charge juveniles as adults was the wrong one' (resumed adult charges, May 2021); revived the habitual-offender law (Mar 2023). Unclassified
Explicitly reversed soft-on-violent-crime positions: 'the position to never charge juveniles as adults was the wrong one' (resumed adult charges, May 2021); revived the habitual-offender law (Mar 2023).
- [13]Largely cooperated with the state (ceded State Police-initiated cases to the AG; 'allyship' with Gov. Landry); his abortion non-enforcement defiance of state pressure is scored at life q1 — null here. Unclassified
Largely cooperated with the state (ceded State Police-initiated cases to the AG; 'allyship' with Gov. Landry); his abortion non-enforcement defiance of state pressure is scored at life q1 — null here.
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