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Louis Kealoha already has a federal public defender but now wants the city to provide legal help, too.

A federal judge on Friday said he would guarantee that all attorneys and expert witnesses would be paid for their services.

It was OK for Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard to publicly explain why she felt it necessary to reassign Tenari Ma’afala and other union officials.

With her federally funded attorney not getting paid and other expenses on hold, Kealoha wants her trial postponed.

Honolulu Corporation Counsel Donna Leong is the latest top city official to be named a target in the ongoing Justice Department investigation.

HPD Sgt. Daniel Sellers is the latest veteran officer to admit wrongdoing in the nearly 5-year-old federal corruption case.

Witnesses dispute the HPD’s version of a fatal shooting on the North Shore in 2017, the suit claims.

Daniel Sellers is one of several current and former officers charged in a federal investigation.

A judge puts the case on hold to give the City Council time to decide if taxpayers must provide the prosecuting attorney with a lawyer.

UPDATED: Mayor’s office is “seriously considering” Susan Ballard’s request that the prosecuting attorney be excluded from public safety meetings because of reports he’s under investigation.