Biden’s DOJ didn’t charge Rachael Rollins for perjury before her corruption scandal.

The DOJ Refused to Prosecute Disgraced U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins

Rollins Resigns After Reports of Misconduct and Poor Judgment

The Department of Justice had the opportunity in 2022 to prosecute President Joe Biden’s disgraced U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins for lying under oath about a string of federal and ethical regulations months before her abuse of power scandal broke but ultimately refused.

This week, just half a year after the DOJ declined to prosecute, Rollins announced her intent to resign as Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor. Her decision came on the heels of reports from both the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and Special Counsel (OSC) Henry Kerner, who found that she committed “an extraordinary breach of public trust by a senior government official” via “repeated instances of misconduct and poor judgment.”

• Rollins initiated leaks to tarnish the reputation of one of her political opponents and sabotage his chances in the 2022 election.
• She attended a Democratic National Committee fundraising event featuring First Lady Jill Biden on the government’s time and taxpayers’ dime.
• Rollins solicited and accepted more than two dozen Boston Celtics tickets and non-federal travel dollars to speak on a panel under the title “U.S. Attorney” without applying proper ethical scrutiny.

These actions resulted in what Kerner called the “most egregious transgressions” of the Hatch Act the OSC has ever uncovered.

Election Meddling

Over the course of the investigation into Rollins’ Department policy and ethical violations, the OIG conducted several December 2022 interviews in which Rollins “knowingly and willfully” made false statements under oath and deliberately “lacked [the] candor” required of all DOJ employees.

Rollins specifically denied that she was the federal law enforcement official who leaked a recusal memorandum without authorization to her local media outlet, the Boston Herald, in September 2022. The memo granted Rollins and her office permission to pass a federal review of her district attorney successor Kevin Hayden and her preferred political candidate Ricardo Arroyo’s challenger, to another office.

It was only after the OIG obtained text messages proving that she supplied the document to the Herald that Rollins finally confessed.

The White House previously propped up Rollins for her “devotion to enforcing the law,” “professionalism,” “dedication to pursuing equal justice for all,” and “commitment to the independence of the Department of Justice.” Republicans, however, warned their colleagues about her during her confirmation hearing in December of 2021.

Despite the GOP’s best efforts to prevent Rollins from further abusing her power to contradict the stated mission of the Justice Department, they were smeared by corporate media as “racist” and eventually stifled when Vice President Kamala Harris issued a tie-breaking vote.

Good riddance.

Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.