On August 4 , Fawer unsuccessfully sought ( denied by U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon ) to delay Mose Jefferson 's bribery trial until after the racketeering trial .
, as summarized by Michael Kunzelman of the Times - Picayune .
On August 4 , Fawer unsuccessfully sought ( denied by U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon ) to delay Mose Jefferson 's bribery trial until after the racketeering trial , because , as summarized by Michael Kunzelman of the Times - Picayune .