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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Corruption is Everywhere > Dolton, Illinois - The Worst Mayor in America? Chinese Influence in Canadian Elections
battles simultaneous sexual assault and embezzlement scandals.
The Village of Dolton’s monthly board meeting descended into chaos as the swarm of 100 people banged on doors as dozens of others testified against Henyard, leading the four trustees to walk out.
“You know what you’re doing. You’re violating our rights, and that’s a shame,” one resident testified.
About 100 protesters called for Tiffany Henyard to resign as mayor of the village of Dolton, Illinois.
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“This is a disgrace what you have done to this village … They say that you’re the worst mayor in America. I agree.”
Another added: “You’ve done nothing. You don’t care about nobody but yourself.”
The board had been scheduled to address Henyard’s veto of an investigation into her alleged misuse of taxpayer money for lavish trips and her own $1 million police detail — a decision it promised to override at Monday’s meeting.
Last month, she shot down a resolution passed unanimously by the four-person village board to open the probe, calling on her to submit the village’s financial records and invite the FBI to conduct its own investigation.
Henyard is accused of using taxpayer money for personal gain and for firing a former employee who made sexual assault allegations.
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The meeting didn’t run beyond the public speaking portion of the agenda, however, after police emptied the room over what they said were credible threats.
Four trustees, who voted in favor of the investigation into Henyard, said the move was a violation of their constituents’ right to participate in the meeting and walked out in protest, a decision Henyard chastised as only adding to the “chaos.”
“Our job is to make sure we take care of business and not allow the business to handle us,” Henyard said before adjourning.
All four trustees, who voted in favor of a probe into Henyard’s alleged corruption, walked out of the meeting.
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Henyard’s three-year tenure has been plagued by corruption accusations, which ramped up in recent weeks after she admitted to a $2 million deficit, with Dolton owing more than $427,000 for street paving and another $400,000 for tree-trimming services.
The board of trustees accused her of fudging the estimate by millions and covering up personal expenses she paid for using village money.
“Why can’t we have transparency with what’s going on with our tax dollars?” one constituent asked during the meeting.
Multiple residents demanded Henyard resign, with one calling her the “worst mayor in America.”
Village of Dolton/YouTube
Henyard is also facing a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint by a former employee who accused the mayor of firing her after claiming she was sexually assaulted during a work trip in Las Vegas last year.
“You know what happened in Vegas. You know what happened. And you should be addressing it,” one resident said at the meeting.
The mayor has denied all accusations of wrongdoing, claiming last month that the storm of allegations is nothing more than a smear campaign to oust a female politician.
One vocal community member who initially backed Henyard told The Post in February that “it was a vote I regret deeply.
“When she got into office, she just shut everyone out, and she went into the opposite direction. She became this tyrant and dictator,” said Sherry Britton, 55.
The Village of Dolton did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
MP Dong Admits Knowing a Bus Brought International
Students to His Nomination Meeting
Han Dong, now a federal MP, celebrates at a rally during his campaign as a provincial Liberal candidate in a Toronto-area riding, in Toronto on May 22, 2014. (The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette)
MP Han Dong admitted being aware that a bus was organized by a private school to bring international students to vote in the 2019 Liberal Party nomination contest in which he was a candidate.
The admission was mentioned by commission counsel Kate McGrann at the foreign interference inquiry in Ottawa on April 2.
Referring to a statement of evidence to be presented later, Ms. McGrann said Mr. Dong knew “that international students attending a private high school and living in a residence at Seneca College voted in the 2019 Don Valley North nomination.”
Ms. McGrann said, “That statement of anticipated evidence also says that Mr. Dong recalls being told that a bus organized by the school had transported some of the students to the nomination meeting.”
Citing anonymous sources, Global News reported in February 2023 that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service observed that Chinese international students with fake addresses were allegedly bussed into the riding and “coerced to vote in Dong’s favour.”
In the aftermath of the news report and others about Mr. Dong’s alleged interactions with the Chinese Consulate, he resigned from the Liberal caucus and now sits as an Independent. He has denied any wrongdoing and has launched a lawsuit against Global News.
Mr. Dong, who is set to appear before the inquiry later on April 2, hasn’t responded to requests for comment by The Epoch Times.
Ms. McGrann made her statements as part of questions posed to Azam Ishmael, the national campaign director of the Liberal Party.
She asked Mr. Azam why the Liberal Party has said there were “no issues or irregularities” in the 2019 Liberal nomination contest in the Don Valley riding in Ontario.
“The Liberal Party of Canada operates I think, much like the other political parties a very rigorous process around nomination meetings, including a set of published rules, as well as the basis in our constitution that are reviewed and approved by the National Board of Directors,” Mr. Azam said.
“The chair of the meeting for that particular nomination meeting has not indicated any irregularity. Nor did any of the participants in the meeting avail themselves of the appeals process that is available to anybody who is party to the nomination meeting.”
The Liberal Party changed its candidacy nomination rules in 2016 such that those who “register” with the party at no fee can vote in candidacy elections. With this change, no donation to the party is required to become a member to vote for nomination candidates, and therefore those not holding citizenship or permanent residency status can vote in those races.
The Foreign Interference Commission was formed after pressure from opposition parties to look into reports of foreign interference in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 elections.
The reports said that the Chinese regime had funded the campaigns of 11 candidates in the 2019 race. They also said that Beijing favoured the Liberals to win due to the Conservatives’ policies that didn’t favour the Chinese Communist Party.
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