“What else has been going on in Norfolk County that we don’t even know about? Under my leadership as DA, WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT.”
We’ll start by taking flimsy-at-best information and using it to obtain subpoenas for the phones of everyday citizens on behalf of accused murderers and other accused criminals - even if a judge has already previously denied that request.
Then, we’ll work alongside those same accused criminals to perpetuate the appearance of a never-ending third-party investigation that will allow for years of harassment and torture of ordinary citizens in my county.
And we'll keep going! We’ll call those same innocent people before a grand jury, questioning them about material pulled from the most ludicrous blogs we can find, and then sit silently while the abuse continues - even after those people have become our own witnesses.
And when those witnesses, their families, their friends, and ordinary citizens who can no longer stand the abuse heaped upon them under my leadership write letters, make phone calls, demand answers, and repeatedly ask to meet with us? We’ll ignore them.
Because, under my leadership, the appropriate response to legitimate concerns about the treatment of our own witnesses and to due process is to give them and it the biggest middle finger imaginable.
“Facts and evidence, no matter where they led.” That sounds great in a campaign post. But voters should ask whether that standard was applied when you were investigating the Read case, especially when the federal investigation obtained the defense’s entire case file while the Commonwealth offered to provide the state’s evidence and was declined.
If you’re going to campaign on facts, evidence, rigor, and judgment, voters are entitled to ask why the record wasn’t approached from both sides. And after the Boston Magazine reporting raised questions about private communications you have denied, the questions about transparency don’t disappear simply because you’re running on “trust” and “professionalism.”
A candidate for DA shouldn’t just promise accountability. He should be willing to answer the uncomfortable questions about his own record.