Illinois Democrat flaunts office in DUI traffic stop: ‘I’m an elected official’

Published November 26, 2024 2:22pm ET



Police bodycam footage showed an Illinois Democrat acting belligerently during a DUI traffic stop and telling police she was “an elected official” when asked to step out of her car.

The official, Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele, was arrested after allegedly drunk driving on Nov. 10, hitting several cars in the process. She also allegedly repeatedly asked an officer if his “penis was that small.”

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