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The Village of Dolton in Illinois voted Monday to rent former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot as a “Particular Investigator” to look into Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard.
Beginning Tuesday, Lightfoot will probably be paid $400 an hour to assemble data on Henyard’s alleged spending and finance mismanagement in addition to “any state and federal violations.”
Forward of Monday’s vote, Lightfoot stated she understood the residents need to go in a special route from Henyard, and promised to “observe the details the place they lead.”
L-R: Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard. (Getty Photos/Village of Dolton)
On the finish of her investigation, Lightfoot will current a report back to the Village of Dolton on her findings. The findings within the report will decide what occurs past that.
Trustees additionally re-voted on points the Dolton mayor had beforehand vetoed and about paying distributors and invoices that haven’t but been paid by the Village.
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Monday’s vote was held off-site, on the Park District constructing because it wasn’t an official Village Board assembly. It was additionally moved there to accommodate residents who needed to attend.
The Village of Dolton, Illinois’ month-to-month city corridor assembly as soon as once more made headlines final week for fiery confrontations with the scandal-ridden mayor.
Henyard has been accused of misdeeds starting from weaponizing police in retaliatory enterprise raids to spending taxpayer cash on luxuries like touring to Las Vegas. Final month, Henyard reportedly vetoed the board’s decision to probe her spending over purported misuse of funds.
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Whereas the FBI has allegedly already begun to analyze Henyard for purportedly misusing her native police power, the board’s decision had known as for the FBI to do additional investigation into her spending of the city’s cash.
Bradford Betz is a Fox Information Digital breaking reporter protecting crime, political points, and way more.
