![]() Without ever charging him, prosecutors hoped to – and sadly have probably succeeded in – attaching DeLeo’s name to these convictions forever. ![]() Attorney’s Office should be ashamed of the manner in which they have sullied the name of Robert DeLeo. As said, no individual legislators were ever formally charged, but the federal prosecutors went out of their way to leak to the media that on the Legislature’s end, House Speaker Robert DeLeo was complicit in the alleged operation. Attorney’s Office brought this case alleging that John O’Brien, former Massachusetts Probation Commissioner, constructed a scheme with legislators – though not one legislator out of 200 was ever charged – whereby in exchange for hiring legislators’ friends, the Legislature would increase state funding and management powers to O’Brien. Now that the jury in the Massachusetts Probation Department corruption trial has returned its verdict, some comment is needed concerning Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo.īeforehand, some brief background on this case: The Boston U.S.
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