Governor Pritzker’s response to questions on business conflicts….conflict

By Kirk Allen on May 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Illinois (ECWd) –

During yesterday’s press conference, the Governor was once again asked questions about potential conflicts of interest, and references were made to his Statement of Economic Interest, which we wrote about in this article.

The questions and answers begin at the 1:03:10 mark of the press conference video.

A particular phrase is used several times by the Governor, “Let me be clear“. That particular phrase has become a red flag in the world of politics, and when we hear it, it tells us to pay close attention and fact check the response. That phrase is like prefacing a story with, “honestly” this is a true story. When people preface their response in those fashions it seems to be for a reason and it’s not a good one.

“Don’t know what they are pursuing or what their interests are.”

“I don’t even know that they’ve gone into that business”

So is it clear, the Governor does not know what those businesses he has in a blind trust are pursuing or what their interest is, and he doesn’t even know they went into the business of COVID-19 related matters?

Or is the truth in his later response to a question stemming from a campaign promise to donate profits?

“As far as I know, there’s no business being done by any of them with the state of Illinois”

Stop the Press!

As far as I know?

An interesting response considering he said, ‘Let me be clear,” multiple times and that he does not know what those businesses are pursuing, or what their interests are, or even know they have gone into that business. If his “clear” response is accurate, how would he know there’s no business being done by any of them with the state of Illinois?

Let us be clear, the response was more like a two-step shuffle than one based in total truth.

Considering his initial response of not knowing anything about those businesses, wouldn’t the appropriate response be, ‘I have no knowledge if any of those businesses are doing business with the state of Illinois but will be happy to look into it, and if they are, I will ensure any profits are donated as promised’?

Oh wait, how can one donate profits in a business if they have no control over it?

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Governor Pritzker trying to remove Bailey case from Clay County to Federal Courts

By Kirk Allen on May 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Illinois (ECWd) –

Governor Pritzker has filed a motion to remove the Darren Bailey lawsuit from the Circuit Court in Clay county and have it heard in the Federal Courts.

It appears the Governor wishes to ignore the Supreme Court’s position on comity, much like he has ignored the Illinois Supreme Court on Executive Orders.

For those not familiar with comity, US Legal explains it quite well.

“Likewise, on grounds of comity and pursuant to federal law, the Supreme Court has generally refused to allow federal courts to intervene in pending cases in state courts where there is no evidence of bad faith harassment. Comity is “a proper respect for state functions, a recognition of the fact that the entire country is made up of a Union of separate state governments, and a continuance of the belief that the National Government will fare best if the States and their institutions are left free to perform their separate functions in their separate ways.” Usually, this is referred to as ‘Our Federalism’[ii]. [i] Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc., 472 U.S. 491 (U.S. 1985) [ii] Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (U.S. 1971) (1971)”

We found no information in the filing that would support any bad faith harassment by the state courts, a hurdle that is going to have to be overcome in our opinion.

The Governor cites 28 U.S.C. § 1343(a)(3) as the authority to have the case removed to the Federal Court.

A copy of the motion can be downloaded at this link or viewed below.

The Governor has until noon today to file a response to the Motion for Summary Judgement filed by Darren Dailey Monday of this week. A hearing on that motion is scheduled for Friday at 1 pm in Clay County.

https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/05/governor-pritzker-trying-to-remove-bailey-case-from-clay-county-to-federal-courts/