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.”
Newly released FBI wiretaps captured Illinois governor candidate J.B. Pritzker (D) telling then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) that a state lawmaker was the “least offensive” African American he could appoint to a U.S. Senate seat, the AP reports.
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