Hilario Dominguez Appears With Brandon Johnson as CPS Reopens 2017 Probe Over Minor Allegation
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Updated · POLITICO · Oct 6
Hilario Dominguez Appears With Brandon Johnson as CPS Reopens 2017 Probe Over Minor Allegation
2 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Oct 6
Summary
A day after the Chicago Tribune disclosed a reopened CPS inspector general investigation, school board president candidate Hilario Dominguez appeared at Mayor Brandon Johnson’s rally in Pilsen and left without taking questions.
The reopened case centers on a 2017 complaint from a then-17-year-old in a CPS-linked summer program who said Dominguez, then 24, used inappropriate language, texted her and physically swung her against his body.
Dominguez later said on social media that he had participated in every inquiry and expected to clear his name “for the fourth time,” calling prior findings unfounded and unsubstantiated.
Johnson said he would not comment on an open investigation but still backed Dominguez as someone who understands students, families and educators; the Chicago Teachers Union also defended its endorsement and criticized the Tribune report.
The episode lands in Chicago’s first elected school board president race ahead of November, while Johnson is also seeking reelection in the city’s February mayoral contest.