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Gov. John Bel Edwards is being asked to testify before the House committee looking into the death of Ronald Greene.
House Speaker Clay Schexnayder says the Governor and his Executive Counsel and Special Counsel are the only people who can answer questions on whether there was a cover up in Greene's death.
Greene, an African-American, died while in Louisiana State Police custody in 2019.
Edwards' office responded Wednesday afternoon that the Governor and his counsel would appear before the committee.
“We are confident that this testimony will demonstrate that neither the Governor nor anyone on his staff had any role in any attempt to cover up the facts related to Mr. Greene’s death,” Executive Counsel Matthew Block wrote to Rep. Tanner Magee (R-Houma), the committee's chairman.
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