Massachusetts AG Campbell Seeks 9 Percent Budget Bump to Fight Trump

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is not a big fan of Donald Trump, and she is asking for more of your tax money to sue the 47th President of the United States in court.

Campbell is asking the Massachusetts Legislature to increase her budget by nine percent to challenge Trump's policies. She and more than a dozen other state attorneys general have already sued the Trump Administration more than a dozen times and plan more suits.

Campbell told a recent Beacon Hill legislative hearing that she needs about nine percent more than Gov. Maura Healey proposes to give her for FY26. Healey has proposed cutting Campbell's budget by $1.4 million.

Campbell told lawmakers that she needs "every penny" of the $82.7 million she requested for FY26.

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State House News Service reported Campbell told lawmakers she needs the money to respond to what she described as "constant cruelty" in Washington, D.C.

Campbell and the others have filed challenges to multiple Trump executive orders.

MassLive reported Campbell has been "a leading figure in many of those lawsuits, joining a variety of multi-state efforts to block the Republican White House agenda" on issues "ranging from federal funding and transgender rights to birthright citizenship."

Meanwhile, Campbell is facing criticism for not enforcing a law adopted by Massachusetts voters in last fall's election. The law, approved by 72 percent of voters, authorizes the State Auditor Diana DiZoglio to audit the Massachusetts Legislature.

House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka have ignored the voters and refuse to cooperate with DiZoglio.

DiZoglio said Campbell is not doing her job by failing to make Mariano and Spilka comply with the law.