Chicago Justice Podcast
Lightfoot Flip Flops on Young Case Transparency
Mayor Lori Lightfoot flip flops on here commitment for full transparency in the Anjanette Young case despite making such a commitment publicly.
Lightfoot has received a report from the Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety that contains the results of their investigation of the case. An investigation that was stymied from the beginning by Lightfoot's arranging for an external investigation of the handling of the Young case as well as the actions of the Law Department and her office from the law firm of Jones Day. Lightfoot external investigation made the records and statements collected inaccessible to DPSIG under bogus attorney client claims. There is good reason to believe that the Jones Day investigation was started in part or mostly to prevent the DPSIG from being able to look in the actions of the Lightfoot's office in this matter.
Let's not forget this is not Lightfoot's first flip flop on this case. When the video was made public by CBS 2 Chicago the Mayor originally claimed she knew nothing about the case. Then emails came out she was in fact briefed on the case. Oops! Lightfoot's Law Department is still to this day fighting the civil suit in court and seems committed to not settling the case. One would think she would be smart enough to stop fighting the case and settle to get it out of the headlines and to stop wasting tax payer money fighting the case.
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