Several legal experts predict choosing Rollins's successor will be done cautiously, with the next nominee likely to face intense scrutiny in the Senate and possibly trigger another contentious, partisan battle.
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A potential promotion to US attorney could provide a larger stage to push her reforms and broaden the footprint of the progressive movement. But some worry that joining the federal office would necessarily limit her freedom of action and mute her activism.
Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins is in the final stages of being vetted for US attorney
Discussion of her potential successor already underway
By Andrea Estes Globe Staff,Updated April 27, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Suffolk District Attorney Rachael RollinsPat Greenhouse/Globe Staff/File/2020
Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins is undergoing FBI background checks, the final step before she can be nominated to be the next United States attorney for the district of Massachusetts, according to a person briefed on the process.
Rollins is one of three finalists for the job, but the FBI has focused only on Rollins, the person said. The two other candidates, both experienced federal prosecutors, have heard nothing since they were interviewed by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey in mid-January, multiple people said.
Attorney general clears Rachael Rollins in alleged road rage incident
Video footage was inconclusive, AGâs office says
By Andrea Estes Globe Staff,Updated February 11, 2021, 12:19 p.m.
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Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Attorney General Maura Healey has concluded that Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins committed no civil rights violations or crimes in a Christmas Eve incident in which she allegedly threatened another driver.
Healey referred the matter to the state ethics commission, which investigates possible violations of the stateâs conflict of interest and ethics laws.
First Assistant Attorney General Mary Strother acknowledged, in her letter closing the investigation, that video footage that might have captured the incident was not available: âThe cameras focused on the area where this incident occurred were either poor quality, far away, or were not functioning.â