GOVERNOR J-B PRITZKER AND MANY STATE LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN EMAIL DISCUSSING A POSSIBLE RAPE COVER-UP. 

THE MESSAGE, SENT BY A LOBBYIST BACK IN 2012, WAS UNEARTHED BY W-B-E-Z. IT REFERENCED A STATE EMPLOYEE WHO KEPT HIS MOUTH SHUT ABOUT GHOST PAYROLLING AND A RAPE IN CHAMPAIGN. GOVERNOR PRITZKER CALLS THE EMAIL “HORRIFIC” AND SAYS HE’S SENT THE MATTER TO THE STATE’S INSPECTOR GENERAL.

HE SAYS THE “HORRIFIC” EMAIL RAISES MANY QUESTIONS.

HOUSE MINORITY LEADER JIM DURKIN WANTS SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS TO BE HELD AND OTHERS ARE URGING THE STATE POLICE AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY TO GET INVOLVED.