Posted on 04/24/2019 8:46:53 AM PDT by C19fan
Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, 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 has learned.
A law-enforcement source familiar with the investigation confirmed to WBEZ that the probe, which has not been revealed publicly until now, began last October and remains active. There are no signs that criminal charges are imminent.
WBEZ has also confirmed that Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker’s personal assistant who was involved in the property tax appeal, Christine Lovely, is being represented by one of Chicago’s most high-powered lawyers. Her attorney, Reid Schar, is a former federal prosecutor who helped convict ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges.
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Pritzker is a billionaire and he decided he needed to cheat to save a few bucks on property taxes???
Gov Rauner.
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I believe he is the only recent Gov. of IL to not end up in a federal prison.
How do you think he got to be a billionaire?
And Rauner lost because of the Chicago suburbanites who fear “Trump”.
I’m not sure if this concerns the same property, but Pritzker was widely teased and criticized for having all the toilets removed from one of his properties in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. By removing them, the property (a single-family mansion) could be reclassified as uninhabitable and property taxes greatly reduced.
“And Rauner lost because of the Chicago suburbanites who fear “Trump”.
Rauner lost because stabbed what’s left of the Illinois Republican Party in the back more than once.
He deserved it.
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-—hopefully the old wheeze about Illinois gub’s can apply to Pritzker-—
Q) What’s the term of an Illinois governor?
A) —Five to fifteen years—
Do Illinois Governors have their OWN PRISON??
Don’t all Illinois governors go to prison? I thought it was in the job description.
Drain the swamp. (Illinois is sure dirty.)
Oh goody, another Illinois gubnor going to prison? How many is that now?
Amen - it takes a moron as out-of-touch as Rauner to lose that badly to a clown like BJ Lard-Ass.
“I’m not sure if this concerns the same property, but Pritzker was widely teased and criticized for having all the toilets removed from one of his properties in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. By removing them, the property (a single-family mansion) could be reclassified as uninhabitable and property taxes greatly reduced.”
I’m not sure that this is “illegal” by the letter of the law, but it sure is crappy.
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer in Illinois. All is well.
Hi, Blurb2350-
This is the same property at issue.
It goes to show that to some, no matter their wealth, enough is never enough.
It is a mental/spiritual illness/evil.
Pat Something or Other survived.
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