The state board that oversees Massachusetts attorneys has voted to publicly reprimand former U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins. She resigned as the state’s top federal law enforcement official two years ago after the Justice Department accused her of abusing her authority and committing ethics violations.
Justice Department investigators called the ethics violations against Rollins “egregious.” The investigators’ reports said Rollins leaked privileged DOJ information about then-interim Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden when he was seeking election to the job. Rollins held the position before she left for the federal post. The reports say the leaks were to an attempt to help the campaign of Hayden’s challenger, then-Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, the candidate Rollins backed to replace her.
The Board of Bar Overseers in Massachusetts found that Rollins disclosed privileged information to the media then lied about it to her Justice Department colleagues…