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FILE - New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaks at police headquarters, Feb. 2, 2022, in New Orleans. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

FILE - New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaks at police headquarters, Feb. 2, 2022, in New Orleans. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

Jeffrey Vappie a former police bodyguard for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, arrives at federal court in New Orleans, Wednesday Aug., 7, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Jeffrey Vappie a former police bodyguard for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, arrives at federal court in New Orleans, Wednesday Aug., 7, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Jeffrey Vappie, center, a former police bodyguard for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, walks into federal court in New Orleans, Wednesday Aug., 7, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Jeffrey Vappie, center, a former police bodyguard for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, walks into federal court in New Orleans, Wednesday Aug., 7, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Jeffrey Vappie, center, a former police bodyguard for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, walks into federal court in New Orleans, Wednesday Aug., 7, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Jeffrey Vappie, center, a former police bodyguard for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, walks into federal court in New Orleans, Wednesday Aug., 7, 2024. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)