Biden labor secretary pick directed more than $1M to girlfriend's employer as mayor, filings show

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, President-elect Joe Biden's pick to serve as secretary of labor, gave millions of dollars to girlfriend Lorrie Higgins's employer, campaign filings showed.

Walsh's mayoral campaign funneled close to $1.2 million to LB Strategies, where Higgins is employed as a fundraising consultant, according to the filings. The transactions were originally reported in March 2019.

The payments, which have increased in size to $14,650 per month, amount to more than half of the company's political business since 2013, according to Fox News, which cited campaign filings.

Megan Costello, a Walsh spokesperson, told the Boston Globe in 2019 that the small operation, including owner Laurie Bosio, is tasked with scheduling, managing, and attending his fundraisers, among other duties.