“US Attorney Rachael Rollins, the trailblazing reform prosecutor who made history as the first Black woman to serve as the top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, announced Tuesday afternoon that she is stepping down amid two federal government ethics probes, capping a tenure that had been marked by both turmoil and praise,” the Boston Globe reports.
U.S. Attorney Steps Down Amid Ethics Probes
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