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Gov. JB Pritzker was in Washington Tuesday to address the Center for American Progress, a Democratic-allied think tank, about how to resist President Donald Trump and Elon Musk as they consolidate power.
Johnson was calm, measured, soft-spoken and disciplined, with days of prep after landing in Washington Sunday. The city hired the Washington law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, whose partners have expertise in preparing witnesses for high-stakes hearings.
The hearing begins Wednesday at 9 a.m. Chicago time. Here’s how to watch and what to know about the mayor’s testimony.
La audiencia comienza el miércoles a las 9 a.m., hora de Chicago. Te decimos cómo verla y qué debes saber sobre el testimonio del alcalde.
On Wednesday he’ll testify before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Republicans are expected to use the Democratic mayors of Chicago, Denver, Boston and New York as “punching bags” to advance Trump’s deportation agenda.
The ex-governor said he and the president were victims of ‘lawfare’ and didn’t address rumors that he’s being considered for an ambassadorship.
Blagojevich, who appeared on Trump’s reality TV show, “Celebrity Apprentice,” was convicted on political corruption charges in 2011 and sentenced to 14 years in prison. He served eight years before Trump, a Republican, cut short his term.
There is a difference between dismantling federal agencies in cruel and chaotic ways while claiming, without proof, that you are ferreting out cheating, and doing the hard work of finding waste and fraud, making public that information and then doing something about it.
“I have seen zero evidence to this point that’s to suggest that this collision had anything to do with DEI, and speculation at this time is highly irresponsible,” said Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., a military helicopter pilot.
El senador Dick Durbin, demócrata por Illinois, criticó el martes la decisión de otorgarle al presentador de televisión Dr. Phil McGraw, acceso a las redadas del domingo en Chicago, que McGraw transmitió en su canal.