Claim: David Cicilline was "required to provide key information about city finances to an independent outside auditor. The deadlines were clear -- yet  missed them by months" until after the November 2010 election.
Fact-check: Brendan Doherty says incumbent U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, as Providence mayor, intentionally missed deadlines for providing information to the city's external auditors
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Date published: 2012-09-14T00:00:00