Overview
- Police Chief Axel Henry filed a formal sexual harassment complaint on April 1 that cites offensive messages and includes a screenshot labeled in reports as a “Weiner Wednesday” example.
- An outside law firm and investigators have worked the case since April with a focus on preserving emails and phones and seeking forensic extractions of mayoral devices.
- Mayor Kaohly Her says she has fully cooperated with the independent review and acknowledged that some attempts at humor fell short of her standards.
- Reporting shows the complaint followed months of disputes between Her and Henry over ICE operations, police overtime and a 2024 internal affairs case that drew the mayor’s questions about discipline.
- St. Paul council members have publicly pushed for more transparency, Chief Henry has declined public comment, and findings could lead to internal discipline, civil suits, or political consequences depending on what investigators verify.