💲 Paradise Papers helps reveal Illinois governor candidate’s offshore connections

Chicago Tribune reporters used ICIJ’s data to debunk claims by Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker

Pritzker maintained that offshore trusts linked to his name were set up by his grandfather, who died in 1986

“Any trusts for my benefit that are offshore, I have received no distributions from, and those trusts are only providing charitable contributions,” Pritzker said “That’s all that they do”

Chicago Tribune obtained access to the Paradise Papers, a cache of more than 13 million documents leaked from offshore jurisdictions around the world that was at the heart of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists investigation last year. The files included details about Pritzker’s links to offshore tax havens that appeared to counter his earlier assertions

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