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Massachusetts US Attorney Joshua Levy will resign before Trump takes office - The Boston Globe

Jan 07, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -27% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : According to Levy's statement, under his tenure "the office solidified its position as the most successful US Attorney's Office in the country in terms of False Claims Act recoveries, with over $1 billion recovered in 2024 alone.
51% : On Nov. 24, weeks after Trump won the election, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Levy to the position of US attorney.
48% : Those who have been mentioned in legal and political circles as a contender for the post include Andrew Lelling, who served as US Attorney for Massachusetts during Trump's first term, Assistant US Attorney Leah B. Foley, who was a finalist for the job when it went to Lelling, and former federal prosecutors Brian T. Kelly, Robert Fisher and Nathaniel Mendell.Levy, who left his job as a partner at Ropes & Gray to be Rollins's second-in-command when she became US attorney in January 2022, was named acting US attorney when she stepped down.
46% : Legal observers say Trump is likely to tap a current or former federal prosecutor with deep ties to the Republican Party in Washington, D.C., as the next US attorney for Massachusetts.
45% : Rollins, a progressive former Suffolk district attorney. resigned in May 2023 amid two blistering reports by the Justice Department's Inspector General and the US Office of Special Counsel, which found she committed a series of flagrant ethics violations, including engaging in partisan political activity while on duty.
42% : Levy also oversaw the $574 million-dollar criminal and civil enforcement action against Raytheon for overcharging government contracts.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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