D.A. Seth Williams Not Running For Reelection

By Ralph Cipriano
for BigTrial.net

District Attorney R. Seth Williams is expected to announce this morning that he will not run for reelection.

The city's first African American District Attorney, elected in 2009, will say that he's decided not to run for a third-term in the May primary against five already declared opponents, with probably more on the way.

The D.A. has called a 10 a.m. press conference at his office to make an "important announcement." Several sources have confirmed that's he's going to say that he's not running. There was speculation from informed sources that Williams may be trying to get out ahead of a federal indictment that may come as early as Tuesday.