“Rachael Rollins has for years dedicated herself to the people of Massachusetts and equal justice under the law," they said. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, who had pushed for Rollins to be nominated to the post, said in a joint statement that they will respect her decision to step down. She was the first woman of color to serve as a district attorney in Massachusetts and the first Black woman to become U.S. In her role there, she sparred with Boston’s largest police union and pushed ambitious criminal justice changes, most notably a policy not to prosecute certain low-level crimes such as shoplifting. attorney job, she was the top prosecutor for Suffolk County, which includes Boston. Rollins was a controversial pick to be Massachusetts’ top federal law enforcer and twice needed Vice President Kamala Harris to break a tie for her nomination to move forward in the Senate amid fierce opposition from Republicans, who painted her as a radical.īefore taking the high-profile U.S. The inspector general's office declined to comment. The Justice Department didn't immediately comment Tuesday. "The work of the office and the Department of Justice is far too important to be overshadowed by anything else,” Bromwich said.
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