Top leaders at the Massachusetts Republican Party called on an embattled Cape Cod Democrat to resign from his post after local police in Barnstable said federal prosecutors were investigating the

Barnstable police said in a press release that it received a report about "potential criminal activity” related to state Rep. Chris Flanagan and his reelection campaign. The department said the U.S. attorney's office for Massachusetts has picked up the investigation.

Barnstable police said they received a report of “alleged potential criminal activity” involving state Rep. Chris Flanagan and his election campaign. The post Feds investigating state representative from Cape Cod,