Overview
- Attorney General Andrea Campbell said she will let State Auditor Diana DiZoglio retain outside counsel to press her lawsuit for legislative records that leaders have not provided.
- The move follows a Supreme Judicial Court order last week giving Campbell 30 days to decide whether to represent the auditor in the case.
- The suit now centers on four record requests for fiscal years 2021 to 2024: each chamber’s budgets, any official audits, transactions in the “balance forward” accounts, and lists of monetary settlement agreements.
- Campbell indicated her office may step back from representing House and Senate leaders as the case proceeds with special counsel.
- The dispute stems from a 2024 ballot measure approved by about 72% of voters that authorized audits of the Legislature, while the broader question of the auditor’s constitutional authority remains unresolved.