Holding Charlotte City Council Accountable From A Secret Payment To Fraud Charges

By Paul Foster

Published June 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM EDT

City Council member Tiawana Brown on Thursday, May, 22, 2025.

Ely Portillo, Executive Editor of WFAE Public Radio in Charlotte, sat down with WNCW to discuss recent happenings with the Charlotte City Council. This includes a council member's fraud charges that occurred before they were in office and a payment of thousands of dollars, voted on behind closed doors, to Police Chief Johnny Jennings. Jennings was upset with a council member's comments towards his job performance and was threatening to sue the city. This interview originally aired in early June 2025.
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