AG Healey To Appoint Special Prosecutor To Investigate Alleged Dem Donor Scheme

BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate a prominent Hub law firm's track record of paying back its lawyers and spouses for donations made to both Massachusetts and national Democrats after state campaign finance officials directed her office to take up the matter. Healey, in addition, will recuse herself from all probes into the dealings of the Thornton Law Firm, according to a recent Boston Globe report.

BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate a prominent Hub law firm's track record of paying back its lawyers and spouses for donations made to both Massachusetts and national Democrats after state campaign finance officials directed her office to take up the matter. Healey, in addition, will recuse herself from all probes into the dealings of the Thornton Law Firm, according to a recent Boston Globe report.…