Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), a wealthy hotel heir, has become an unlikely hero on the left, Vanity Fair reports.

He’s built a progressive record and is willing to throw barbs.

Said Pritzker: “Let me analogize this to the early days of the end of the Weimar Republic.”

“Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), his wife and his brother-in-law are under federal criminal investigation for a dubious residential property tax appeal that dogged him during his gubernatorial campaign last year,” WBEZ reports.

“A law-enforcement source familiar with the investigation confirmed that the probe, which has not been revealed publicly until now, began last October and remains active.”