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Swordsmyth
04-24-2019, 04:13 PM
Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is reportedly under investigation by federal authorities for a dubious tax filing prior to taking office.
Pritzker, a multibillionaire who owns part of the Hyatt hotel chain, was criticized during the 2018 campaign for a scheme in which he removed all the toilets (https://www.npr.org/2018/10/03/654201077/illinois-gov-candidate-removed-mansions-toilets-to-dodge-taxes-report-finds) in a mansion in order to claim it was "uninhabitable" and avoid hefty property taxes. The Cook County Inspector General characterized the tax appeal filing as a "scheme to defraud," and real estate experts warned that Pritzker's actions were potentially criminal (https://freebeacon.com/politics/real-estate-experts-say-prizkers-toilet-troubles-criminal/).
Pritzker easily defeated incumbent governor Bruce Rauner on Election Day, despite the Republican running ads attacking his opponent as the "Porcelain Prince." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-N4fu2uA-A) But Chicago public radio station WBEZ broke the news Wednesday that a month early in October, Pritzker was already the target of a federal criminal investigation.
WBEZ reports (https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/source-feds-probe-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-first-lady-for-property-tax-appeals-on-gold-coast-mansion/afb5e34e-e7f5-4113-a110-ac8ec98bca63) citing an unnamed law enforcement source that Illinois First Lady M.K. Pritzker and her brother Thomas J. Muenster are also under investigation. Emails obtained by the Cook County investigator indicated that the toilet removal came after instructions from Mrs. Pritzker, while Muenster and her personal assistant Christine Lovely filed affidavits swearing there had been no toilets for years. Lovely has retained an attorney, but it's unclear if she's a target of the investigation.

More at: https://freebeacon.com/politics/democratic-illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-reportedly-under-federal-investigation/

Anti Globalist
04-24-2019, 04:14 PM
I'm sure he'll get off scott free.

ILUVRP
04-24-2019, 04:48 PM
him and trump can get the same lawyer

Swordsmyth
04-24-2019, 04:51 PM
him and trump can get the same lawyer
LOL

A textbook example of Trump Derangement Syndrome.