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401-484-1019
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EMILYs List; Vote Mama PAC; Victory Fund; LPAC; UNAP; Ironworkers Local 37; UA Local 51 Plumbers & Pipefitters; Former AG Jeff Pine; Sens.: Jake Bissaillon, Alana DiMario, Meghan Kallman, Melissa Murray, Bridget Valverde, Lammis Vargas; Reps.: Karen Alzate, Teresa Tanzi, Edith Ajello; Local Officials: Tatiana Baena, Michael Donegan, Michael Zarrella, Yesenia Rubio, Juan Carlos Payero, Shelley Peterson, Ana Vargas, Corey Jones; Former Electeds: Myrth York, Rhoda Perry, Donna Nesselbush, Linda Kushner; Charlestown Dem Committee; Narragansett Dem Committee; Scituate Dem Committee; Burrillville Dem Committee; Woonsocket Mayor Chris Beauchamp & Dem Committee; Johnston Mayor Joe Polisena, Jr. & Democratic Committee; Howard Dean
For two decades, I have served as a prosecutor under the past three Attorneys General, a policy advisor to two governors, and the head of a state agency. I have spent more time in the AG’s office than every other candidate and have more prosecutorial experience than all the candidates combined. As a prosecutor in the Special Victims Unit, I prosecuted over 1,000 cases and got justice for hundreds of victims of violent crime, from sexual assault to murder. As an advisor to the past two governors, I led efforts to reform our criminal justice system, build more affordable housing, and keep Rhode Islanders safe during COVID. And as the first Chair of the Cannabis Control Commission, I am the only candidate with executive leadership experience.
President Trump has made no secret of his desire to interfere with local elections, and as Rhode Island's next Attorney General, I will be the first line of defense standing in his way. I’ll work with the Secretary of State, local election officials, and municipalities to make sure our elections remain secure, accessible, and free from unlawful interference. And if ICE agents or anyone from the federal government oversteps their authority or tries to intimidate Rhode Islanders or undermine our right to vote, I will challenge it in court, and I will never hesitate to stand up for the democratic rights of all Rhode Islanders.
The Attorney General's job is to keep Rhode Islanders safe, stand up for working families, and defend our fundamental rights. Those have been my guiding principles throughout my career, and they will be my priorities as AG. That means putting dangerous criminals behind bars - a job I did every day as a prosecutor in the Special Victims Unit under the past three AGs. It means protecting consumers, fighting for workers’ rights, prosecuting wage theft, and ensuring healthcare access and affordable energy for all Rhode Islanders. And it means standing up to attacks from the Trump administration on reproductive justice and bodily autonomy, on clean air and water, on voting rights, on civil rights, and on whatever rights he comes for next.
We are in a constitutional crisis, and President Trump is continuously stripping away our rights without any checks and balances on his actions. For me, this fight is personal. The Trump administration is attacking my right to be married to my wife. They are attacking my three daughters’ rights to control their own bodies. They are undermining the clean air we breathe, the clean water we drink, the energy we desperately need, the affordable healthcare we rely on, and nearly every other fundamental right we take for granted. When President Trump comes after our rights, our democracy, our nonprofits, or even our bottom line, I will use litigation, policymaking, advocacy, and every other tool at my disposal to keep Rhode Islanders safe.
What ICE is doing around the country is more than a tragedy - it is a travesty of justice. Nobody should ever have to think twice about going to a hospital or utilizing emergency services for fear of ICE, but that is a reality under the Trump administration. As Attorney General, I will fight back against any unlawful actions and make clear that all Rhode Islanders are safe and welcome in our state. I’ll work with state and local officials to establish clear rules for responding to federal agents and ensure everyone understands the limits of federal authority. I will defend policies that lawfully limit ICE’s ability to operate. And when federal agents violate Rhode Island law, I will use every tool available to hold them accountable.
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2012 accelerated-pace honors LLB (Law) from University of Buckingham, then top 1/5th-ranked law school in England-and-Wales.
Passed all 12 written England-and-Wales Bar Exams (more difficult than any US Bar Exams) 1st try.
Practiced private Ecclesiastical (church) law for 3 Churches of Antiquity.
Successfully fought off (pro se) every one of RI US Atty and RI AG Peter Neronha's dozens of malicious prosecutions of my Campaign Mgr and I over the past 11 years, 100% victory rate.
I will follow the US Constitution's Art II, S 3, and save taxpayer time and money, by bringing RI's Constitutional and legal challenges directly to SCOTUS, bypassing the lower courts, as rhe Framers intended States to do.
High electricity prices, crime, and bigotry.
I will
1. ELECTRICITY PRICES -- negotiate RI public ownership of unused renewable energy patents, currently held in null-stasis by Big Energy, to stifle competition
2 CRIME -- devote more lawyers to caseload backups, by freeing up those currently wasting time on federal lawsuits wrongly filed in District Court (see earlier questions answer, about State/federal constitutions).
3. BIGOTRY/HATE CRIME -- use subpoenas, and anti money laundering and racketerring statutes to rout out organized criminal bigotry, instead of merely prosecuting individual cases.
1. Review of 3 past instances of RI election rigging brought to my attention (w evidence).
2. Revolutionize the way RI brings federal lawsuits (see prev. answers)
3. Start following Ethics and Interest Conflict laws, a practice abandoned by prior AGs
If i receive reports that federal activity interferes with the administration of State duties, I would immediately ask a federal Court to grant injunctive relief, subject to Supremacy Clause rules.
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401-308-3904
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Campaign Endorsements
Rhode Island Troopers Association (RITA); Fraternal Order of Police (FOP); International Brotherhood of Police Officers (IBPO); Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers (RIBCO); Rhode Island State Association of Fire Fighters (RISAFF); Rhode Island Deputy Sheriffs Local 2409, AFSCME Council 94, AFL-CIO — every statewide police, fire, and corrections union in Rhode Island. Mayors: Frank Picozzi (Warwick); Charlie Holder (Newport). State Senators: Majority Whip David P. Tikoian; Matt LaMountain; Todd Patalano; Peter Appollonio; Leonidas Raptakis; John Burke. State Representatives: Raymond A. Hull; Thomas Noret; Earl Read; Patricia Serpa; Julie Casimiro; Stephen Casey; Deborah Fellela; Joseph McNamara; Arthur Corvese; David Bennett.
I've spent my career doing the work of this office.
For more than a decade I've been a court-appointed bail commissioner, authorized statewide to arraign defendants and set bail when court is out of session. That's the two-in-the-morning call about whether someone is a danger. I prosecuted hundreds of cases for the City of Warwick in District Court.
I've been in the Rhode Island House for eleven years, and I chair the Corporations Committee, which oversees utilities, banking, and insurance. I wrote the law requiring banks to report suspected financial exploitation of seniors.
The Attorney General runs a legal operation of roughly 250 people. I'm not running to learn that job.
The Constitution gives the states and Congress, not the President, authority over our elections. Rhode Island runs its own elections, and the Attorney General's job is to defend that.
We're already in this fight. When the Justice Department demanded Rhode Island's complete voter file, including partial Social Security numbers, the state refused. A federal judge threw it out as a fishing expedition. The appeal is in the First Circuit, and I'll see it through.
My office will defend the Secretary of State and the Board of Elections, and we won't hand over voters' personal data without a lawful basis. If a federal directive tries to take over our elections, we go to court. If Washington brings us a real fraud case, we work with them.
Start with public safety. Too much of our violent crime comes from a handful of repeat offenders and from stolen, untraceable guns. I'll prioritize violent and repeat offenders and go after the guns driving it. On day one I'll put a law enforcement liaison in that office.
Then the cost of living. I chair the committee that oversees the utilities, and the Attorney General is the ratepayers' lawyer at the Public Utilities Commission. I'll restore the two utility-funded positions the office used to have there and fight these rate hikes.
Third is accountability. A bridge failed, two hospitals nearly closed, and nobody in government has answered for either. I'll take the Washington Bridge case as far as it goes and follow the money.
First, defend Rhode Island's authority to run its own elections and protect the voter file. Washington has no business running our elections, and the Attorney General is the one who can say so in court.
Second, enforce and strengthen the Access to Public Records Act. This year it took an act of the General Assembly to force RIDOT to release crash data that communities use to find dangerous intersections. You can't hold a government accountable if you can't see what it's doing.
Third, apply the law equally no matter who's involved. That means prosecuting the people who threaten election officials, poll workers, and judges, because those jobs only get done if somebody is willing to do them.
Enforcement has to happen, and we go after dangerous, violent offenders. But the way this administration is doing it makes people less safe, and it makes our officers' jobs harder. A witness who won't call the police and a parent who won't come to a courthouse are a problem for the whole state.
Rhode Island officers shouldn't be doing federal immigration enforcement. That isn't their job, and it costs them the cooperation that solves crimes. For a civil immigration arrest at a courthouse, a school, or a hospital, I expect a judicial warrant, every time. Federal agents working here should be coordinating with local police, and they aren't.
If a federal agent breaks the law in Rhode Island, I'll hold them accountable like anyone else.
