Feds are looking into Pritzker for his toilet removal “scheme to defraud” Cook County taxpayers, which lowered the property taxes on his multi-million dollar Chicago mansion by $331,000

“An Illinois governor under federal criminal investigation 101 days into office must be a new record – even for Illinois. We already knew Pritzker was a serial tax dodger. He stashes millions offshore in zero-tax Bahamas bank accounts and took the toilets out of his Chicago mansion to dodge over $330,000 in property taxes. The Cook County Independent Inspector General called it ‘a scheme to defraud’ taxpayers. Yet Pritzker continues to push tax hikes on Illinois families and businesses – absurd hypocrisy from Pritzker.

“J.B. Pritzker can’t be trusted. Pritzker must immediately cease all of his efforts to raise taxes, including his graduated income tax, because he’s under federal criminal investigation for not paying his own taxes.” – Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider

A law enforcement source has revealed that Governor J.B. Pritzker, his wife, and brother-in-law are under federal criminal investigation for their Chicago mansion toilet removal “scheme to defraud” Cook County taxpayers. Last year, it was revealed that Pritzker, who is worth $3.5 billion, removed the toilets in his Chicago mansion so he could lower his property tax bill by $331,000.

WBEZ broke the story:

“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.

” …The developments demonstrate that the billionaire governor and his wife may face a serious legal threat arising from their controversial pursuit of a property tax break on a 126-year-old mansion they purchased next to their Gold Coast home.

“A Cook County inspector general’s report, first published by the Chicago Sun-Times, later found MK Pritzker directed workers to remove all toilets from the mansion in order to have it declared “uninhabitable,” which gave the Pritzkers a huge property tax break. The report also found that Lovely and the governor’s brother-in-law, Thomas J. Muenster, made “false representations” on tax appeal documents.

“The county watchdog said all of that amounted to a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers out of more than $331,000.”

Pritzker is a serial tax dodger. In addition to his “scheme to defraud” Cook County property taxpayers, Pritzker has parked millions of dollars offshore in zero-tax Bahamas, dodging an untold amount of taxes – absurd hypocrisy from tax-hiking Pritzker.

J.B. Pritzker must immediately cease his efforts to raise taxes, including his graduated income tax, because he’s under federal criminal investigation for not paying his own taxes.

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