There have been a lot of high-level shenanigans on Gov. Maura Healey’s watch, from fraud charges, federal indictments and alleged improprieties of all stripes by those in power.

Healey is swift and strong in her condemnation of breaches to the public trust.

Sometimes.

On April 11, federal authorities arrested Rep. Chris Flanagan of Dennis Port on charges that he stole tens of thousands of dollars from a trade association he worked for, covered up the thefts, and then used the money to pay personal bills and fund his campaign for elected office.

Prosecutors accused Flanagan, a Democrat who won a second term in November, of orchestrating a “multi-faceted scheme” in which he allegedly stole $36,000 from the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod between November 2021 and Jan

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