A U.S. attorney lied about helping a Democrat candidate in a contested primary, a watchdog reported in a new report.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Rachael Rollins, a Biden appointee, helped Ricardo Arroyo win the 2022 Democrat primary for Suffolk County district attorney, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice said in the May 17 report.
Rollins, who was district attorney before becoming a U.S. attorney, provided Arroyo with “campaign advice and direction” in addition to coordinating with him on activities to help his campaign, investigators found.
That included providing the Boston Globe with negative information about interim District Attorney Kevin Hayden, Arroyo’s Democrat opponent, and cited the Globe articles in internal discussions about possibly launching an investigation into Hayden. Rollins also indicated to a reporter that her office might be opening an investigation into the interim district attorney over potential misconduct and urged the reporter to “KEEP DIGGING.” She messaged Arroyo regarding a potential probe, telling him that “I’m working on something.”…