Illinois General ssembly For Imm ediate Release Contact: Rep. Wehrli: 630.696.41 June 2, 2016 Lawmakers: Auditor General Mautino Needs to Step Asi de While Investigations Continue Chicago...A group of Illinois lawm akers today urged Illinois Auditor Gene ral Frank Maut ino to voluntarily take an unpaid leave o f abs enc e while nu me rous investigations persist into irr egular campaign expenditures and reporting procedu res dating back to his time in the Illinois House of Representatives. The lawmakers stresse d that Mautino cannot effectively do his job while under a lingering cl oud of suspicion. Over the last fou r months we have formally asked Auditor General Mau tino four times to provide answ ers to the que sti ons raised in the investigations, and still no answers are forthcoming. Recently i t has c ome t o light that federal authorities are looking into his campaign spending and reporting practices as well. There is no way that he can effective ly do hi s job as Auditor General while defending himself against potential criminal charges and a State Election Board investigation, said Sta te Representative Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville). A group of twelve legislators from the House sent an initial request for answers to Auditor General Mautino on February 1^ asking for a written reply wdthin 10 days. Mautino replied on February 9 that h e needed more time to properly address the request. To ac commodat e the Auditor General, the lawmakers on February 11 exte nded their request deadline to February 25 ^ Mautino replied that he had retained a legal firm to assi st him and would b e working another request to which the Auditor General responded that t he issue would b e resolved by the State Board o f Elections. Since that time, however, it has been revealed that t e matter has grown into a federal investigation.
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