Senior Democrats helped legitimize indicted BLM activist

At least nine prominent Democratic officials at the local, state, and national level helped legitimize a Boston-area Black Lives Matter activist who was indicted last week for allegedly stealing funds from her anti-violence charity.

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu are among the officials who supported Monica Cannon-Grant during a time frame prosecutors allege the activist and her husband pilfered funds from the charity, Violence in Boston, to pay for personal expenses such as rent, vacations, nail salon services, and meals at Bubba Gump Shrimp.