Illinois governor JB Pritzker issued a name for accountability for these related to late intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein after his cousin, Thomas Pritzker, appeared in information launched by the DOJ.
“Look, I’ve mentioned from the start that anybody that’s completed one thing unsuitable must be held accountable,” the politician mentioned on “All In With Chris Hayes” Wednesday night. “And I actually imply anybody. Now, I’m not near my cousin, however I can let you know that it’s crucial that individuals be held to pay the worth for no matter it’s that they could have completed.”
JB went on “All In With Chris Hayes” to talk with the MS NOW pundit within the wake of Donald Trump’s State of the Union deal with. Hayes quickly turned the dialog, nonetheless, to the governor’s cousin, who stepped down from the Hyatt board — the place he served as govt chairman for greater than 20 years — in mid-February after particulars of his affiliation with Epstein grew to become public.
“You might be from one of many, I might say, most storied households in America, notably in American enterprise, which comes with its personal form of, I feel, privileges and burdens,” Hayes mentioned earlier than pointing to Thomas’ associations with the intercourse trafficker. You possibly can watch the complete video under.
The Epstein paperwork launched by the U.S. Division of Justice confirmed a longtime correspondence between Thomas and Epstein, together with invites to varied meet-ups and occasions.
“I exercised horrible judgment in sustaining contact with them, and there’s no excuse for failing to distance myself sooner,” Thomas mentioned in a press release on the time. “I condemn the actions and the hurt attributable to Epstein and (Ghislaine) Maxwell and I really feel deep sorrow for the ache they inflicted on their victims.”
JB pointed to the truth that there are people who appeared within the launched Epstein correspondence who “simply despatched just a few emails or no matter and had nothing to do with any of the wrongdoing.” He then went on to name for “full transparency” with everybody who had any associations with Epstein or Maxwell, to allow them to then “sift via who’s really doing one thing unsuitable.”
“There’s a complete lot of folks that have seemingly completed one thing unsuitable,” JB continued. “As soon as once more, they’re those who must be answering.”
