Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele is facing scrutiny over a nexus of ethics violations involving her lucrative, undisclosed network of Indiana government consulting contracts. An investigative report by the Cook County Office of the Independent Inspector General (OIIG) exposed the ethical lapses of Samantha Steele, there identified as "BOR Official A." Subsequent reporting from the Chicago Tribune explicitly identified Commissioner Samantha Steele as th

Cook County Democrats declined to endorse Board of Review incumbent Commissioner Samantha Steele for re-election, instead backing Liz Nicholson. Cook County Inspector General found she omitted public-sector clients on her Leonor Group’s economic-interest statements, breaching fiduciary duties. The ethics board fined her for leaking confidential info during a Bears property-tax hearing, and she is contesting a DUI from last year. She raised just $26,375 last quarter.

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele, already under fire for a 2024 DUI arrest, is now facing a fresh wave of controversy after the Cook County Board of Ethics fined her and her top aides thousands of dollars for multiple violations, including leaking confidential information and misuse of taxpayer-funded time and resources.

Cook County Commissioner Samantha Steele hired Jon Snyder, a federally convicted former official who aided in a corruption probe. Despite knowing his record, Steele kept him on staff until media inquiries prompted his firing. Internal records show ethics violations, which Steele initially ignored.