{"id":1625868,"date":"2022-08-29T15:34:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625868"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:34:49","slug":"boston-mayor-stands-by-da-candidate-investigated-for-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-mayor-stands-by-da-candidate-investigated-for-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Mayor Stands by DA Candidate Investigated for Sexual Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboston-mayor-stands-by-da-candidate-investigated-for-sexual-assault%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625868&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Sens. Warren, Markey have not commented on scandal facing candidate they endorsed<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tBoston mayor Michelle Wu (D.) and city councilor Ricardo Arroyo (D.) \/ edited from boston.gov\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/philip-caldwell\/\" title=\"Posts by Philip Caldwell\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Philip Caldwell<\/a> \u2022 August 29, 2022 3:20 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Boston mayor Michelle Wu (D.) is defending her endorsement of a progressive candidate for district attorney after it was reported that the candidate\u00a0was investigated for sexual assaults as a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In light of the news coverage that&#8217;s unfolded, I am not withdrawing my endorsement&#8221; of Democratic city council member Ricardo Arroyo, Wu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/massachusetts-playbook\/2022\/08\/29\/the-down-ballot-race-dividing-top-mass-progressives-00054024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>. The <em>Boston Globe<\/em> reported last week that Arroyo, who is running in a bitter primary race for Suffolk County district attorney, faced two separate investigations for sexual assaults as a teenager in 2005 and 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Several Democratic figures, including former congressman Joe Kennedy III and city council president Ed Flynn, withdrew their endorsements of Arroyo in the wake of the report. But Wu stood by the candidate, saying she would not retract her endorsement because Arroyo was not charged with a crime.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As documented in the news, these cases were closed after investigation by the Boston Police Department and the DA&#8217;s office,&#8221; Wu told <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Arroyo, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/votearroyo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaigning<\/a> on &#8220;restorative justice,&#8221; an end to qualified immunity for police, and the abolition of mandatory minimum sentences, was also endorsed by Massachusetts Democrats Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Ed Markey, and &#8220;Squad&#8221; member Rep. Ayanna Pressley. According to <em>Politico<\/em>, none of those lawmakers have weighed in on the controversy or retracted their endorsements.<\/p>\n<p>Arroyo denied that he ever committed sexual assault and said he never knew he was under investigation. But that statement is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/politics\/2022\/08\/24\/ricardo-arroyo-statement-sexual-assault-investigations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contradicted<\/a> by police records obtained by the <em>Boston Globe<\/em>, which say a detective spoke to Arroyo and his lawyer in the 2005 case, in which the then-teenager was accused of pressuring a 17-year-old girl to perform oral sex several times over a course of months.<\/p>\n<p>The candidate accused his opponent in the race, interim district attorney Kevin Hayden, of using his position to illegally leak the documents to the media and damage Arroyo&#8217;s campaign. Hayden&#8217;s office denied any role in the scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, city council member Frank Baker (D.)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2022\/08\/26\/boston-councilor-demands-all-records-in-ricardo-arroyo-case-from-mayor-wu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed<\/a> an order demanding Wu release any records related to the police investigations into Arroyo.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Sens. 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