The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts was still determining in August if charges were warranted in a federal investigation connected to the Karen Read murder case in Canton. That’s according to an August 3, 2023, letter the General Counsel for the Department of Justice sent to the Norfolk District Attorney’s office.
The letter denies a written request by Norfolk DA Michael Morrissey to have the federal investigation moved out of Massachusetts. The DOJ’s General Counsel wrote that acting U.S. Attorney for MA Josh Levy “has a very different opinion of the circumstances in this case than as presented in Mr. Morrissey’s letter… it is essential to continue their investigation given the information of which they are aware.”
The letters do not expressly reveal who the feds are investigating or why.
8 letters spanning 10 months of back and forth between the Norfolk DA’s Office and federal authorities were released to 25 Investigates Monday. Read’s lawyers have cited them in their motion to sanction and disqualify the DA’s office over claims of prosecutorial misconduct in her case.