The owner of the Trump Truth Store in Huntley, which was closed down in July following an eviction case, announced she will be opening a new retail store in Crystal Lake this month.
The Trump Truth Store is expected to “pre-open” on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend on January 17.
The business will sell apparel, cups, mugs, posters, flags and other memorabilia related to President Donald Trump.
The new store is located in a strip mall at 829 South Virginia Street in Crystal Lake and will be open that Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. when it pre-opens.
After Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, the business will be open Thursday and Friday from 12-6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Trump Truth Store is expected to host a grand opening in March and a regular daily operating schedule will begin at that time.
Algonquin resident Lisa Fleischmann owns the store and said she briefly opened the new location for Christmas gifts last month but there is too much to do to prepare the store for public opening and she is focusing on unpacking.
“Thank you to everyone who has stopped by, helped out, or made a purchase. Your support truly means everything,” she said.
The Trump Truth Store was previously located at 10890 North Route 47 in Huntley.
The store closed its Huntley location on July 13 after the owner of the building filed to evict Fleischmann from the property in March.
Fleischmann said it was due to her displaying Trump signs, flags, table chairs, a Trump inflatable and a sign on her trailer outside the store.
The owner said in the eviction complaint that Fleischmann refused to keep her merchandise inside her store despite numerous requests by the landlord and the Village of Huntley.
“Instead, she displays many items on the public sidewalk and outside of the building along the street,” the complaint said.
Fleischmann and the landlord were both charged by the Village of Huntley with several ordinance violations in relation to the displays in January 2025.
The ordinance complaints said an inflatable figure, a flag installed on the sidewalk, a flag installed on a building column and “Trump and Truth Store” signs and flags installed within the public right-of-way violated Huntley Code of Ordinances.
The complaints said the store did not have the required permits for the display and the building owner said they provided Fleischmann with a 10-day notice to terminate tenancy for breach of the lease while also going to the store and speaking with Fleischmann, asking her to comply with the village’s ordinances.
The complaint said that Fleischmann continued to violate the village ordinances by displaying her merchandise on the public sidewalk and right of way in “direct violation of the village’s ordinances.”
Court records show Fleischmann and the building owner agreed that Fleischmann would vacate the property and turn over possession of it. Fleischmann said she did not fault the building owner for what happened.