Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins announced she would resign from her position the day before the DOJ released a report from a monthslong ethics investigation detailing multiple violations.
Michael Bromwich, Rollins's attorney, said on Tuesday that Rollins plans to submit a letter of resignation to President Joe Biden on Friday. Bromwich said Rollins would make herself available to answer questions"after the dust settles and she resigns," according to the Associated Press."She is optimistic that the important work she started will continue but understands that her presence has become a distraction," Rollins's attorney said.
"Rollins’s interaction with Dr. Biden was identical to those of the other fundraiser guests whose primary purpose for being at the event was to get in line and meet Dr. Biden. She also posed for photos with the event hosts and guests, as well as a U.S. Senator, after meeting Dr. Biden and before leaving the event," the report stated."Rollins told us that she believed she had complied with what she understood was the ethics advice.
The report also found evidence that Rollins violated ethical standards by attempting to swing an election by assisting"Ricardo Arroyo with his Democratic primary campaign for Suffolk D.A." Rollins offered Arroyo advice on how to handle sexual assault allegations levied against him during his campaign and provided media outlets"negative information" about Kevin Hayden, Arroyo's challenger, according to the report.
The inspector general's office also looked into Rollins's use of her personal cellphone to conduct official business, a hot-button topic of ethics investigations in recent years, and a paid trip to California from an outside group.
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