Warren and Markey relayed three names to the White House for consideration, with Rollins as their top choice given her position as Suffolk district attorney, Markey said. “It was her qualifications as a district attorney for Suffolk County who had been doing an excellent job,” he said. Markey said Rollins’s endorsement of him was not a factor in his decision to recommend her. Kennedy III, boosting Markey’s progressive credentials. Rollins endorsed Markey in his 2020 primary against Joseph P.
Warren endorsed Rollins in her 2018 run for Suffolk district attorney, helping her in a crowded primary field. Rollins herself, however, was a high-profile politician who had ties to Warren and Markey. “But it would be most regrettable if, as a result of this controversy, aspersions were cast on an open, independent merit selection process, especially one that encouraged diverse applicants.”
The past process “largely produced a long string of Massachusetts US attorneys who may well have been eminently qualified but were from the same background, of the same race, the same gender,” Gertner wrote. Warren and Markey had a more open selection process than past senators, who often recommended US attorney candidates who had political ties, Gertner wrote in a letter to the editor sent to the Globe Thursday and shared in response to an interview request. “It shows that the Biden administration and Senate Democrats are not thoroughly vetting nominees, to have someone with a demonstrated history of ethical lapses and bad judgment, nominated for a position in federal law enforcement,” said Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, who vociferously opposed Rollins’s confirmation. Republicans were quick to gloat that they had been on the right side of the bruising fight over her nomination, eager to tarnish Democrats’ judgment and progressive prosecutors as a whole with the findings. Warren in a brief interview Wednesday reiterated the thrust of the joint statement the pair released after the report, saying she was “deeply concerned” by the summary of the findings and agreed with Rollins’s decision to step down.īut the path that led to Rollins’s nomination, confirmation, and resignation in disgrace is complicated, with unresolved questions about what was ignored or missed. “It was determined by the process that she was qualified.” “We sent the names over to the White House for them to do the vetting, and so we were reliant upon that White House vetting,” Markey told the Globe Thursday.
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