Posted on 04/27/2019 5:59:23 AM PDT by Twotone
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, his wife First Lady M.K. Pritzker, and others are under federal criminal investigation for a dubious residential property tax appeal that critics highlighted in last year’s gubernatorial race.
WBEZ first reported the federal probe, citing information from a law-enforcement source familiar with the investigation.
Pritzker’s attorney denied any wrongdoing.
“Neither the Governor nor the First Lady have been contacted by law enforcement regarding the property tax appeal,” Attorney Marc Elias said in an email to Illinois News Network. “We are confident that any further review of the matter will show that the appropriate rules were followed.”
Pritzker, whose net worth is estimated at $3.2 billion, paid back the more than $330,000 he got in tax breaks for removing the toilets to have a mansion he bought deemed uninhabitable. He paid back the money in October, days after a leaked report from a Cook County watchdog surfaced. A Cook County inspector general report about the 2015 tax break called it a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers.
Political opponents pounced on news of the federal probe.
(Excerpt) Read more at ilnews.org ...
If true, this would shake my faith in Illinois state government.
Ain’t that the truth... ;-)
I’m shocked. SHOCKED, that Democrats are criminals.
The sooner Illinois is broken up into 1) the productive regions, and 2) Chicago, and the wall is built around Chicago, the better off all in the poor unfortunate state will be.
Man.....billionaire guy...Democratic Party. Who would have figured that?
Someone ought to suggest a special fed prison be built, just for millionaires. Offer up all the luxury business, and then charge $2,000 a day for expenses. Would be a fairly profitable business.
The news report seems to have left the party affiliation out.
Isn’t that pretty much the main requirement for being governor of Illinois and the main achievement of most Illinois governors?
Funny. Doesn’t mention his party. He looks like Big Pussy from The Sopranos.
Yea, the only indicator about his party was a mention of the opposition - which was a Republican.
I had to research 3 other sites to find out that he was a DemonRat. They always try to hide that fact!
It affirms mine.
It must be in his DNA.
-PJ
“...It must be in his DNA....”
It’s in ALL the UniParty’s DNA...especially the RAT side of it.
LOL Become governor of Illinois, go to jail
DEPOPULATE CRIMINALS, clintons, DECEIVERS, DIRTBAGS, gropers, goofballs, liars, LOOTERS, marxists, morons, rapists, reprobates, SCUMBAGS, socialists, tyrants, totalitarians from the body politic. When these are filtered out...it’s easy to...
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Ok, a serious question. IF the allegation is true … just what was Pritzker supposedly trying to do? He had the toilets removed from a house he owned so that it would be deemed uninhabitable. What is that about? I know he’s wealthy enough to have surplus houses sitting around, but why compromise the house? Was he (allegedly) simply holding the property, waiting for it to appreciate, and looking for a property tax break while it sat empty? Was he looking to demolish it and could profit from some tax angle in the process? Why not just sell the house?
Interesting. The Pritzker family is a big part of the shadow cabal behind Obama and Jarrett. They’re corrupt even when there’s no need to be, just because they can.
The real interesting part, to my mind, is the “...and others...”
Here’s hoping they have a hot time in the old town tonight!
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