A report by former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot found that Dolton, Illinois Mayor Tiffany Henyard engaged in a 'systematic effort' to conceal the town's financial situation. The investigation revealed missing funds from the American Rescue Plan, untracked credit card spending, and questionable expenditures on trips to Las Vegas. Henyard also faces contempt of court charges for delaying the issuance of liquor licenses.
Dolton, Illinois, Mayor Tiffany Henyard's administration was engaged in a 'systematic effort' to cover up the Illinois town's financial situation as Henyard and other officials failed to track the spending of hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to an investigation by former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
The city's credit card spending also spiked to $779,638 in 2023, also with little to no tracking. 'Many of the credit card expenditures have no accompanying receipt, and the statements alone provide limited information about the purchases,' the report says, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. City credit cards were also used to pay for large trips to Las Vegas in both 2022 and 2023, and the report claims, 'There is no evidence that any business development opportunities came to the village as a result of either of these two trips.' Lightfoot's report comes just days after Henyard was found in contempt of court for stonewalling liquor licenses. The owners of St.
Cook County Judge Cecilia Horan held Henyard in indirect criminal contempt. That means the mayor was considered 'disrespectful to the authority of the court,' Adrian Vuckovich, an attorney for the owners of St. Patrick's, told WMAQ-TV. 'It’s been a challenge to put it mildly. It shouldn’t be so difficult. This is an ordinary event to get liquor licenses issued,' Vuckovich told WGN separately. Fox News' Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
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