« This is not about whether you support the right or the left. This is coming together and getting access to documents that should be a matter of public record. »
DiZoglio emphasized that rooting out fraud is essential to protecting public assistance programs for those who genuinely need them. She shared her own background, saying she was born to a 17-year-old single mother who relied on programs such as WIC before becoming a nurse and getting back on her feet.
« A lot of people rely on these programs, » she said. « But folks who are committing fraud need to be held accountable. We need to root out that waste, fraud and abuse so that these systems are working as they should and people truly in need get these services. »
Fox News Digital reached out to the Massachusetts attorney general’s office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
However, according to GBH News, the attorney general claims DiZoglio lacks the authority to file the lawsuit.
Massachusetts governor says President Trump is standing in the way of religious freedomVideo
« This is another ploy to sidestep the required approval of my office and will bring her no closer to auditing the Legislature, » she said in a statement, per the outlet.
« This filing is not about enforcing the law. In order to enforce the law, she would answer my office’s straightforward questions, including how privileges given to the Legislature in our state constitution nearly 250 years ago impact her authority to audit the Legislature. »
DiZoglio said she hopes the state’s highest court will ultimately side with voters.
« The Constitution is there to protect the people, not the politicians, » she said.
