"serious questions ... about the effectiveness of your administration's vetting process for new hires,"
"Any one of these charges would have been sufficient grounds for disqualifying Mr. Cook as a viable candidate for serving in a government position, yet he was hired anyway, despite your assertions that he 'underwent a thorough background check,'"
"How is it possible that these serious criminal charges previously lodged against Mr. Cook went undetected during the vetting process conducted prior to his employment?"
"including any recommendations and support he received while interviewing for the position."
LaMar Cook, a deputy director in the Western Massachusetts office, was arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine to a state office building and was subsequently fired. Republican state lawmakers called for public disclosure of the circumstances surrounding Cook's 2023 hiring, including any recommendations and support he received. They cited reports of a 2001 Springfield arrest connected to a shooting with assault and firearms charges and said such charges would have been disqualifying. Lawmakers questioned how those charges were missed during background checks and urged a thorough review of executive-branch vetting procedures to restore public trust and ensure ethical hiring.
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