Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard will seek to arrest political opponents as she faces eviction

Tiffany Henyard, the scandal-plagued Democratic mayor of Dolton, Illinois, has suggested she'll question to apprehension governmental opponents, galore of whom person raised concerns astir her lavish spending connected the taxpayers' dime.

The embattled mayor, who is besides facing eviction from her rented home, has made nationalist headlines owed to her alleged misuse of payer funds, with erstwhile Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot previously investigating her extravagant spending habits.

"I volition beryllium seeking arrests for individuals involved," Henyard said, during a rambling 90-minute video she posted connected Facebook Tuesday.  

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Tiffany Henyard, the scandal-plagued Democratic mayor of Dolton, took to Facebook Tuesday to bash her opponents.   (Facebook)

"I volition beryllium pressing charges. It’s a lot. And that’s conscionable maine telling you a small spot due to the fact that each this pointing the digit astatine Tiffany – oregon lying connected maine – I’m implicit it. Now it’s clip for maine to speak, arsenic I say, information speaks."

Henyard, who introduces herself arsenic "super mayor" successful the video, did not accidental what crimes her opponents whitethorn person committed. 

She took to the societal media level aft a gathering of the Thornton Township, which she besides leads arsenic Supervisor, was canceled owed to deficiency of quorum arsenic trustees raised information concerns astir the gathering venue. It’s the 2nd clip successful a enactment that the gathering has been canceled, according to the Chicago Tribune. 

She besides blasted the "fake news" for the media’s sum of her clip successful bureau and bashed dissenting officials.

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Tiffany Henyard's outfits are professionally styled by a manner expert. (stylemebrandon | Instagram/screenshot)

"Why is it with maine and my life… y’all don’t perceive my side? Y’all justice disconnected the 1 broadside of the communicative that’s retired successful the world, but ne'er perceive from me… I was ever told… ‘if you privation the beverage get it from me,’ you person to get it from the horse’s mouth."

Henyard has promised impervious of her opponents’ misdeeds successful the past, pitching a podcast and little nationalist media tour but failed to deliver, per WGNTV.

In her Facebook post, Henyard says that those bringing allegations against her are doing it arsenic a distraction.

"Why bash we person each this attraction connected Tiffany Henyard? What the hellhole [are] they doing that they don’t privation america to cognize about, portion they [are] distracting america implicit here," she asks."

Meanwhile, Henyard’s landlord tells Fox 32 Chicago that the politician and her fellow Kamal Woods haven't paid their rent since August and wants them out. 

The brace are unneurotic pulling down good implicit $300,000 from taxpayers, according to Fox 32 Chicago, citing nationalist payrolls.

Their landlord, Genetta Hull, said she was forced to rise the rent by $200 to $2,400 a period due to the fact that her spot taxes went up again and past Woods told her helium couldn't spend it, per the outlet.

Tiffany Henyard, politician of Dolton, Illinois, has travel nether occurrence for her excessive spending. (Fox 32)

Hull said Henyard and Woods refused to wage the other rent successful August, past stopped paying altogether, failing to present rent checks for September and October.

Hull said she is owed thousands of dollars disconnected them portion they besides changed the locks and store doorway codification truthful she couldn't get inside, per Fox 32. The landlord filed an eviction suit against the pair, but Cook County sheriffs person tried and failed to service the suit some astatine the location and the colony hall.

Hull tells Fox 32 she erstwhile considered Henyard a person and did run enactment for her. 

Henyard precocious took to Facebook to denote she volition tally for a second word for politician of Dolton.

She was archetypal elected politician of Dolton, a southbound suburb of Chicago, successful 2021 aft serving 2 presumption arsenic trustee connected the village's board. She won the predetermination successful a landslide – receiving much than 80% of the vote.

Dubbed by residents arsenic "the worst politician successful America." She earned the nickname aft her word was plagued with controversy, including wealth mismanagement.

Her reelection announcement came arsenic she's heading a suit against respective colony trustees, the Dolton Park District, the colony clerk, and the colony administrator.

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Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been investigating Henyard. (REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski)

The ineligible quality stems from a erstwhile arguable colony committee meeting, which Henyard alleges violated procedures.

Meanwhile, Lightfoot’s investigation into the Village of Dolton’s financial concern revealed successful a preliminary study that Dolton's wide money equilibrium was $5.61 cardinal successful 2022, but by May 2024 the equilibrium had dropped to a shortage of $3.65 million.

Lightfoot besides disclosed that Henyard utilized the colony recognition paper to make purchases astatine Amazon, Target, Walgreens, Wayfair and different retailers. One jaw-dropping connection revealed that the embattled politician had dropped $33,000 connected Jan. 5, 2023, connected Amazon. 

Fox News’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.