Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was hired as the “special investigator” in charge of probing the spending habits of Mayor Tiffany Henyard of the village of Dolton, Illinois.
Dolton trustees voted in favor of a resolution for Lightfoot to be paid $400 per hour to investigate the “worst mayor in America” for her lavish spending on five-star hotels and first-class travel. Henyard was not present at the meeting that appointed Lightfoot and is expected to veto the action as illegal.
“The people in this village want something different. They want to go in a different direction,” Lightfoot said at Monday’s meeting for her appointment as “special investigator.”
Last month, village trustees convened at a meeting to discuss bringing an outside investigator to look into Henyard’s trips. In 2023, Henyard was accompanied by two village trustees and some village employees on a trip to Las Vegas. While the previous investigation into the trip did not find any wrongdoing, Trustee Jason House, who was not on the trip, said the investigation was not conducted in good faith.
“This is about more than getting the financial documentation for the board members,” Trustee Jason House said. “This would empower the state to actually issue the check once it’s been voted on by the board.”
