Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard involved in board meeting brawl between boyfriend, activist

Tiffany Henyard, the scandal-plagued mayor of Dolton, Illinois, was seen on video jumping into a chaotic brawl that broke out between her boyfriend and an activist who called her a “b—-” during a heated board meeting Tuesday night. 

The fight happened during a Thornton Township Board of Trustees meeting, after activist Jedidiah Brown had some strong words for Henyard. 

Brown referenced the findings of former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s investigation into Henyard, as a scathing report presented to the village board Monday night alleged a pattern of deception and mismanagement of funds by the mayor.  

“You’ve been a half-a– mayor. But if you wanted to get up here and earn some respect, then you should have been able to respond to Lori Lightfoot’s report about credit cards. You want to talk about them not coming to work, but we’ve been hearing what you’ve been doing while you’ve been at work,” Brown said during the public comment section of the township meeting Tuesday. “And I’m going to give away the rest of my time because I think, on behalf of the Black Cookout Association, that we better take a vote … that we’re going to exchange your Black a– for Stephanie to be the newer member.… So all those against it say ‘nay,’ all those in favor say, ‘aye.’” 

With Wiedeman on the board, the township was able to end the shutdown by approving its tax levy ordinance and insurance, WLS reported.

Tiffany Henyard, the mayor of Dolton, Illinois seen yelling at fellow lawmakers after questioned were raised about spending and transparency. (Fox News)

Lightfoot, who was hired to investigate the Dolton mayor last summer, found that Henyard and her administration engaged in a “concerted, systematic effort” since at least 2021 “to hide the true financial condition of the Village of Dolton from the trustees and from members of the public.” In presenting her findings to the village board Monday night, Lightfoot revealed the Village of Dolton had received some $3 million in payments from the American Rescue Plan, hundreds of thousands of which went missing without receipts. Henyard failed to appoint an official to track how the funds were spent, as required by the Treasury Department, Lightfoot’s report says. 

The city’s credit card spending also spiked to $779,638 in 2023, with little to no tracking.

“Many of the credit card expenditures have no accompanying receipt, and the statements alone provide limited information about the purchases,” the report says, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. 

City credit cards were also used to pay for large trips to Las Vegas in both 2022 and 2023, and the report claims, “There is no evidence that any business development opportunities came to the village as a result of either of these two trips.”

Tuesday’s fight comes days after Henyard was also held in contempt of court for allegedly stonewalling liquor licenses for months. 

Fox News’ Patrick McGovern and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.