The Department of Justice had the opportunity in 2022 to prosecute President Joe Biden’s disgraced U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins for lying under oath about a string of federal and ethical regulations months before her abuse of power scandal broke but ultimately refused.
This week, just half a year after the DOJ declined to prosecute, Rollins announced her intent to resign as Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor. Her decision came on the heels of reports from both the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and Special Counsel (OSC) Henry Kerner, who found that she committed “an extraordinary breach of public trust by a senior government official” via “repeated instances of misconduct and poor judgment.”
Rollins, Kerner wrote in a letter to the Biden White House, initiated leaks to tarnish the reputation of one of her political opponents and sabotage his chances in the 2022 election. She also, against her office’s advice, attended a Democratic National Committee fundraising event featuring First Lady Jill Biden on the government’s time and taxpayers’ dime.
In a supplemental 161-page report, the OIG similarly found that Rollins also solicited and accepted more than two dozen Boston Celtics tickets and non-federal travel dollars to speak on a panel under the title “U.S. Attorney” without applying proper ethical scrutiny.
“Ms. Rollins claimed that she did not attend the fundraiser but instead went to an event
related to a U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts outreach program, the
BRIDGES program. But there was no BRIDGES event in Andover that day. And
