Democrat Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell charged nearly $300,000 worth of taxpayer dollars on worldwide travel, according to a report from the Boston Herald.
Campbell traveled to France and the Caribbean and hosted a holiday party. The expenditures were listed on the taxpayer-funded card and reviewed by the outlet. Between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, Campbell cost taxpayers $288,146.26. The largest expenditures came from flights, transportation services, and hotels.
The trip to France cost taxpayers about $13,627, nine thousand of which came from transportation. While the trip to France was focused on honoring those who fought in Normandy, according to the report, the trip occurred nearly two months after the D-Day anniversary. The trip to the Caribbean, the outlet added, was for the Attorney General Alliance’s annual meeting.
Taxpayer funds were also used to cover more than $10,000 worth of overflow space during a National Cyber Crime Conference.
Paul Diego Craney, a spokesperson for watchdog organization Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, told the Boston Herald, “The taxpayers are footing the bill for the Attorney General’s expensive junkets.” Craney noted that Campbell is “reaping the reward for not auditing the Legislature, which got her a larger budget to spend on highbrow trips. The Attorney General should put as much effort into enforcing the audit of the Legislature … as she does booking out-of-state trips.”
Campbell is one of several Democratic attorneys general who have sued the Trump administration numerous times in defiance of its policies. Earlier this week, Campbell joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in a lawsuit against the termination of social service programs. “All families, regardless of their citizenship, deserve access to a high-quality education, adequate healthcare, and community support,” Campbell said, in part, upon joining the lawsuit.
