His former girlfriend said in 2012 that Henriquez backhanded her across her face and punched her in the chest multiple times. Despite that, Mayor Walsh hired Henriquez to an $89,000-a-year special assistant job that involved antiviolence work in October 2018, with his office telling the Boston Globe at the time that the Mayor "firmly believes in second chances." Walsh then told the Boston Globe that he criticized Henriquez when he was convicted in 2014 and had asked him to resign from the state legislature at the time. "I also made clear at that time, and continue to believe today, that any violence against any woman at any time is totally unacceptable," the Boston Mayor told the Boston Globe on Nov. 9 after Henriquez stepped down. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPPresident Biden nominated Walsh, who has a long history with organized labor, to be his Labor Secretary earlier this month.

Source: Fox News January 23, 2021 22:40 UTC