the Chicago City She recently shared a video of the “gift room” after she accused a group of monitoring of Mayor Brandon Johnson of incorrectly accepting valuable gifts.
On Wednesday, the city also announced new protocols to receive gifts, along with a record and video of the elements currently inside the “gift room”.
Trying transparency yet Inspector General Office (Oig) Johnson was accused of accepting valuable gifts and failure to report them.
The alleged, irregular gifts included jewelry, alcohol, air, designed handbags, and 14 men’s shoes, pushing moral concerns.
The Inspector General Office accused Chicago Brandon Johnson of incorrectly accepting the designer gifts. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getti Emaiz)
The new protocols, which came into effect on Tuesday, noticed that officials should report and record gifts properly within 10 days; Store gifts in a dedicated area that can be publicly displayed by recording a separate video; And donate excessive gifts.
The first video record was sent on Wednesday and Distinguished artworkClothes, hats and shoes.
The footage is trying to fight Oig’s allegations that Johnson denied Internal investigators Reaching the room where the elements were stored during an unknown examination in November.
The written record contains 18 pages of elements, along with its location and the institution that donated gifts.
“These procedures reaffirm the mayor’s commitment to moral and transparency and ensuring a rapid disclosure of all the gifts received on behalf of the city,” according to a statement issued by the mayor’s office.
The mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson was accused of incorrectly documenting the gifts of designers while preventing access to the “gift room” in the city hall, according to a report issued by the Office of the Inspector General (Oig). (Chicago City)
Johnson previously accused the Inspector General of “misunderstanding”, while insisting that he had not personally benefited from any gifts.
The Oig Hugo Boss Cuffs Links report included a dedicated character Montblanc PenThe National Football Team shirt in 2023, Gucci Load, Kate Spade Red Red and Carrucci, 14 shoes from February 2, 2022, until March 20, 2024.
While monitoring the video record, on February 11, the online record does not explain a load, a portfolio or shoes, as of Wednesday.
The mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson was accused of incorrectly documenting the gifts of designers while preventing access to the “gift room” in the city hall, according to a report issued by the Office of the Inspector General (Oig). (Chicago City)
Other elements such as the ties of the palm and the pen, while they were calculated in the record, do not include the organization or the person who donated the gift.
The Inspector General of Chicago Diboras, Witsberg told Fox News Digital on Wednesday night that only some elements are visible in the 22 -second video, which provides “practical challenges”.
“There are some visible things in the video that may be recognized, but I do not know that anyone is in a position to look at this video and find a pair of Hugo Boss’s links or the dedicated pen.” “I don’t know that it gives way to this. I’m not sure if it is intended.”
According to Witzburg, the video does not work as a substitute for public access, which citizens are entitled to obtain.
She added that she “is deeply anxious” about the fact that even the gifts she recorded in the last two days have no information about their sectors.
The mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson was accused of incorrectly documenting the designers’ gifts while preventing access to the city hall “gift room”, according to a report issued by the Office of the Inspector General (Oig). (Chicago City)
“This is still a truly problem,” said Wittsburg. “It does not suggest that, at least in this regard, we have made a lot of progress … We are talking a lot about the fact that the city of Chicago is working in this deficit of legitimacy, and for decades and generations, the city has not given any reason to provide the benefit of doubt. We have given us. People are any reason to think. “
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She explained that anxiety is that gifts may be presented or received with the intention of influencing the decisions or actions of the city government.
“We cannot get a mark” for sale “on the door to the city hall,” said Wittsburg. “The city’s ethics rules contain these requirements, and there are very clear rules on how to deal with accepted gifts on behalf of the city.”
Patrick McGfarne, Greg Winner and Alexis McADAMSS contributed to this report.
