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Maura Healey: “You used the power of that office, or at least I did, to go…”

Featuring: Maura Healey, Democratic | Governor of Massachusetts

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Episode 2 - Building a Stronger Commonwealth: A Conversation with Gov. Healey

Published | Video Starts at 07:00

And it's what led me to run to be Attorney General. And, you know, as Attorney General, like, my job was to run the office, but it was. You were the people's lawyer. Right. Like, You used the power of that office, or at least I did, to go after the opioid makers. You know, I was the first Attorney General to sue the Sackler family for just, like, the awful, horrible, horrible stuff they did, along with a bunch of other opioid … (07:00–07:06)

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Asserts that as Attorney General, she used her office to take legal action against opioid manufacturers.

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