Attorney General Maura Healey ought to present the cash again. Either that or there must be a federal investigation. Maybe each.
Accepting hundreds of {dollars} in marketing campaign contributions from fellow progressive Democrat U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan — after which indicting Trahan’s Republican opponent — just isn’t an excellent look.
In truth, it smells.
But that’s what Healey, the state’s chief regulation officer, did when she picked up and revived a dormant three-and-a-half-year-old gun theft case in opposition to Dean Tran of Fitchburg, a Vietnamese American, who beforehand served within the Massachusetts state Senate. He is working in opposition to Trahan.
Dean was arraigned final week on six expenses associated to an alleged theft of a firearm from an aged constituent who beforehand requested him for assist in disposing of her late husband’s cache of weapons.
Dean pleaded “absolutely not guilty” to the costs. In a associated growth, Dean filed swimsuit in federal court docket in search of an injunction in opposition to Healey on the grounds that Healey, an avid Democrat, was motivated by partisan politics in in search of his defeat within the election.
Dean, a conservative America First candidate, has vowed to proceed his marketing campaign to unseat two-term Congresswoman Trahan, a Nancy Pelosi stooge, within the Lowell-centered third Congressional District. The district is made up of many Asian Americans.
Healey’s motion warrants an investigation by U.S Attorney Rachael Rollins, though that can by no means occur. Rollins, Healey and Trahan are all woke members of the Democrat Party. Democrats don’t examine Democrats.
Nevertheless, the questionable indictment has all of the markings of a political hit job.
Healey obtained her indictment in opposition to Dean by a Worcester County grand jury on July 1.
The motion raised eyebrows for the reason that alleged crime would have come below the jurisdiction of Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early, Jr., not the lawyer normal.
But there isn’t any signal that Early pursued the case. Hence, it seems that Healey reached in and scooped it up.
Running for workplace and successful is hard. Doing it below indictment is nearly not possible and for Trahan, the Dean indictment is the equal of a free experience regardless of the shabbiness surrounding the entire deal.
The lawyer normal doesn’t examine alleged crimes of this nature. It by no means has. It is what the native police and the district attorneys do.
Prior to the indictment, Trahan endorsed Healey for governor on May 23, coming at a time when Healey was challenged for governor by fellow Democrat state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz.
Trahan, who had contributed to Healey up to now — $1,000 on Jan. 3 and one other $1,000 on May 3 — contributed one other $1,000 to Healey on May 31, information present.
Not solely that, however Trahan additionally sponsored a fundraiser for Healey on May 31 that raised an estimated $30,000 to $50,000, information additionally present.
And then Healey stepped in, dragged up an previous case that went nowhere, and indicted Tran.
The truth is that Healey has been probably the most political lawyer normal the state has ever had. So, interfering in a Congressional race would come as no shock.
Healey lengthy has been recognized extra as a politician, and never a good, balanced, or considered lawyer normal. She sued then President Donald Trump 50 instances and joined in on one other 50 filed by fellow Democrats.
The fits went nowhere, however they enhanced Healey’s picture amongst Trump haters, which was the purpose. She has didn’t file a single authorized motion in opposition to the Biden administration.
With no Trump round to sue, Healey did the following smartest thing, and that’s to destroy a Trump supporter as a payback to a politician who has given her plenty of cash.
It smells.
Peter Lucas is a veteran Massachusetts political reporter and columnist.
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