Newly unsealed documents in a multi-pronged case dealing with alleged taxpayer fraud allege Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office oversaw workers' compensation payments to a former state employee despite the employee's sexual assault claims being unfounded. The Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general is demanding answers from the administration and attorney general.
Jenny Thornley is set to be in front of a Sangamon County court this fall on multiple counts of forgery, theft and official misconduct
- She knowingly engaged in a scheme to defraud the State, most recently with the apparent complicity of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, his wife, Mary Kathryn Pritker, and the Governor's Office.
- In a separate lawsuit filed under seal, it was revealed that Thornley misrepresented in a workers compensation claim over an unfounded sexual assault allegation that she worked for the governor when she actually worked for Illinois State Police Merit Board.
- The lawsuit alleged Thornley caused the state to pay her unearned overtime, get reimbursed for travel that did not occur, and other improper reimbursements.
Republican attorney general candidate Tom DeVore wants to know why Raoul intervened in the lawsuit being sought by the merit board
- "What does Attorney General Kwame Raoul do? He asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit that was trying to get to the bottom of what the governor's office had done with this lady and her workmans comp and her overtime," DeVore said. "Dismiss the lawsuit."
- The criminal case against Thornley continues in Sangamon Oct. 11..
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