Dolton, Ill. ‘super mayor’ Tiffany Henyard subpoenaed by feds

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By Allie Griffin

Federal agents have launched a criminal probe into the embattled mayor of a Chicago suburb, Tiffany Henyard, issuing a subpoena to the self-proclaimed “super mayor” last week for a trove of business records and financial reports.

FBI agents served subpoenas to Henyard, who is both the mayor of Dolton and the Thorntown Township Supervisor, at the Thorntown Township Hall on Friday, Fox 32 Chicago reported.

The controversial leader has faced multiple accusations that she has misappropriated taxpayer money to cover her personal expenses including a police security detail as well as unnecessary, lavish travel.

She was hit with two subpoenas — one that focuses on her and her private work and one that revolves around the township, according to the local station which obtained copies.

In the first, the feds are seeking personnel files, wage and tax documents, time and attendance records, contracts and checks written to “cash” from Henyard’s multiple endeavors — a restaurant she owns, a property management company she runs, her political action committee and a charity in her name.

The second subpoena asks for a trove of township financial documents like budgets, payroll records, and ordinances covering credit card purchases, expense reports and reimbursements, security details and use of vehicles, according to Fox 32.

The information the feds are seeking shows that Henyard is the primary target of the criminal probe, former FBI agent Ross Rice told the station.

“It’s very broad in scope. It’s very broad in the number of people and entities they’re asking for records on. So there must be some serious allegations of wrongdoing that they’re trying to get to the bottom of,” said Rice, who reviewed the subpoenas.

Henyard has come under fire for treating local police akin to her personal security at a $1 million price tag — with local brass saying her requirements have hampered their ability to do their jobs and keep the community safe.

The Dolton village board unanimously voted to begin an investigation into her alleged spending of taxpayer money but Henyard shot down the resolution with a veto last month.

The board then voted to hire former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who also served as a federal prosecutor, to investigate Henyard’s spending while also inviting the FBI to open its own probe.

The FBI has reportedly received scores of complaints against the mayor, according to a business owner who took his own complaint against her to an FBI office. Lawrence Gardner, 57, told The Post he informed agents that Henyard shuttered his trucking business because he refused to renew a $3,500 political contribution.