Austin Berg
NEW: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s newly appointed president of the Chicago Board of Education Rev. Mitchell Johnson appears to have been permanently disbarred in the state of Ohio for “conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.” According to court documents, Rev. Mitchell Johnson told one of his clients he needed $1,000 to hire an economist as an expert witness. The client paid Johnson the money. But then Johnson never hired the witness. So the client asked for his money back. But Johnson wouldn’t return it. Mayor Johnson appointed Rev. Johnson as president after ousting the entire Chicago school board, which rejected the mayor’s efforts to issue a $300M high-interest payday loan in order to fund contract demands from the Chicago Teachers Union. Mayor Johnson’s new school board is expected to fire CPS CEO Pedro Martinez, who has also criticized the $300M loan.
