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Questions remain as Welch discusses Benton harassment case

First publishedAug 7, 23:45 UTC
Last updatedAug 8, 02:48 UTC · 8m ago
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<p>Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2026/08/05/welch-benton-harassment-working-group-cassidy" >sat down for interviews</a> with selected reporters last week. He told most of them that his office had conducted an “informal investigation” into sexual harassment allegations against former Rep.

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<p>Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2026/08/05/welch-benton-harassment-working-group-cassidy" >sat down for interviews</a> with selected reporters last week. He told most of them that his office had conducted an “informal investigation” into sexual harassment allegations against former Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, in 2023.</p><p>Welch’s staff has not responded to our request for an interview (same goes for the Chicago Tribune). But nobody asked whether he and his staff spoke to anyone other than Benton and the 22-year-old district office staffer who accused Benton of sexual harassment during that informal investigation after she’d resigned to avoid more harassment.

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<p>Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2026/08/05/welch-benton-harassment-working-group-cassidy" >sat down for interviews</a> with selected reporters last week. He told most of them that his office had conducted an “informal investigation” into sexual harassment allegations against former Rep.
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