“I think it’s virtually impossible for an alderman to be able to fulfill their responsibility to their ward and residents who are in need, particularly now, when they have the sword of Damocles hanging over their head, and that is a federal indictment,” Lightfoot said at an unrelated news conference. “I’ve had that conversation with Ald. Austin. I will continue to be in dialogue with her. But I think it’s very difficult for her to be able to do her job, just as it is the others who are indicted. It’s an extraordinary thing that we have three sitting aldermen indicted.”
