In her new role as U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, Rachael Rollins might find herself defending Immigrations and Customs Enforcement or even weighing the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — and she told Jim Braude on Greater Boston that she's embracing all of those potentially tough decisions.
"I wouldn't have taken this job, Jim, if I was not comfortable with all of the incredibly important and hard decisions that have to be made," Rollins told Braude in her first one-on-one interview since being sworn in on Monday, Jan. 10.
Rollins said of a potential Tsarnaev decision, "I am comfortable making that decision. I won't tell you what that is going to be because I don't know what the ruling ultimately — or what the guidance is going to be for me, but I will make that decision and it will be thoughtful and deliberate."
Rollins, speaking on Greater Boston last month, said she had recieved racist death threats since being confirmed for her new position and had been grappling with security.
In her latest interview Thursday, she told Braude, "Although I'm not going to really speak to the details of my security, what I can promise you, Jim, is if I did not feel safe, and I thought that my three children were not safe, I would not be speaking to you today as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts."
Rollins said she had "full faith" in the U.S. Marshals Service, the Boston Police Department and "others" that are looking into social media threats.
WATCH HERE: Rollins on Greater Boston at 7 p.m. Thursday
