Hennelly initially said Thursday that Preckwinkle’s campaign staff never reached out to Dhanani about the refund or to request a smaller $5,600 contribution. Later, however, Preckwinkle’s senior adviser said the campaign emailed to ask Dhanani whether he was giving as an individual or a corporation, to determine whether the contribution was in violation of the state limits. Hennelly said the campaign got a response that Dhanani was, in fact, giving as an individual and the campaign informed him he could give a maximum of $5,600.