Henyard is accused of mishandling funds. Last month she vetoed calls for an investigation into herself, which was overturned Monday night. A former city employee also accused Henyard of retaliation after she says a village trustee sexually assaulted her on a trip to Las Vegas last year, after which she was fired after speaking up.

During a Monday meeting which had roughly 150 community members in attendance - but Henyard and two village trustees skipped out on, the four remaining trustees present voted in favor of appointing Lightfoot, a former assistant US attorney, to investigate the mayor.

"This board specifically has made reaches to the state's attorney, attorney general, governor's office, and as we know, there are ongoing, well, it's been reported that there are ongoing investigations from federal entities. Those entities as we know can take anywhere from two months to five years," said Trustee Jason House - mayor pro tempore for the meeting, Fox32 Chicago reports.

"We feel this option will give us an independent process," House continued.

Lightfoot will get to work right away, starting her new role as 'special investigator' for the Village of Dolton on Tuesday.

She will be launching a probe into Henyard's alleged mishandling of village funds, among other complaints.

"She has more authority to get what we're missing, to seal this deal and take our community back," said Belcher.    

On Monday, Belcher stated that the Village of Dolton is more than $7 million in debt. -Fox32

Lightfoot, an objectively horrible mayor, lost her bid for re-election in Chicago last March, coming in third place. Her greatest hits include;