Irvin: Corruption Thrives in Pritzker’s Illinois

Irvin: Corruption Thrives in Pritzker’s Illinois (Aurora IL) — For the third yr in a row, Chicago was named essentially the most corrupt metropolis within the nation by a report from the College of Illinois at Chicago, because of J.B. Pritzker’s enabling of Mike Madigan’s legal enterprise. Pritzker’s materials help for Madigan, together with serving to fund his political operation, have blocked any path to root out corruption in Illinois.

The report makes use of information from the U.S. Division of Justice’s public corruption statistics, and focuses on the federal probe into Commonwealth Edison’s ties to former Home Speaker Mike Madigan. Whereas Madigan was indicted earlier this yr, the sweeping legal expenses towards him allege his legal enterprise helped feed his personal political energy and monetary effectively being. Pritzker aided and abetted Madigan by contributing $10 million to his marketing campaign funds and by placing Madigan’s cronies into his administration. It’s a seemingly limitless cycle of corruption.

“The award for ‘most corrupt metropolis’ is clearly because of J.B. Pritzker’s enabling of the Madigan legal enterprise,” mentioned Irvin for Illinois Spokesperson Eleni Demertzis. “At any level Pritzker may have acted to root out corruption and oppose Madigan, however as an alternative selected to collude with Madigan and instructed Illinoisans they need to be glad about his management. Pritzker is complicit within the corrupt establishment in Illinois.”

Richard Irvin is a Republican candidate for Governor of the State of Illinois.

Irvin: Corruption Thrives in Pritzker’s Illinois