Here’s The Latest Round Of Democrat Money Laundering Schemes

Courtesy of Hunter Biden, all of America recently received a crash course in effective ways to launder millions of dollars. As it turns out, it’s nowhere near as complicated as the movies make it seem. In reality, even when you’re the son of the president of the United States, you can collect dirty money in plain sight.

One way to do it is to get a do-nothing job, which you’re not remotely qualified for, and then collect paychecks without ever showing up to work. Another tactic is to start a bunch of fake companies and accept massive investments from foreign governments (saving some of the money for your father, of course). Alternatively, if you’re feeling especially bold, you could get into finger-painting and sell your great works of art for millions of dollars to anonymous buyers. Or, if you’re Hunter Biden, you could do … all of the above.

All this is to say, if Hunter Biden could get away with flagrant corruption like this, then there’s a very good reason to be skeptical of other prominent Democrats who are making a suspiciously large amount of money from bizarre, unusual sources.

That’s why, even though he’s a billionaire and presumably doesn’t need any extra cash, it’s worth taking a close look at this story about the finances of the anti-American and pro-crime governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, who’s being touted as a potential presidential candidate.

This is from the New York Post.

Billionaire Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and his wife pocketed $10.7 million worth of taxable income last year, including $1.4 million he won from playing blackjack in Las Vegas, according to tax filings released by his campaign. … Pritzker will be donating the money to charity, his campaign added. … An heir to the Hyatt Hotels Corp family fortune, Pritzker has a net worth of about $3.9 billion, according to the latest estimate from Forbes. … In the prior two years, the Pritzkers reported much less taxable income, including $3.2 million in 2023, $2.3 million in 2022.

Right away, there are some unanswered questions here. First of all, why did he only donate the money after this story came out? If he doesn’t need the cash, why not get rid of it immediately? He’s a high-profile governor. He clearly recognizes the optics issue here, which is why he’s donating the money. But why did he wait until people asked about it?

It’s true that JB Pritzker is a billionaire, and that for someone with that kind of money, $1.4 million isn’t a whole lot. But at the same time, $1.4 million is more than 10% of Pritzker’s total annual income from 2024. And it’s roughly half of his annual income from 2022 and 2023. He’s making around $10 million a year in taxable income, most of which is capital gains from investments that he sold. The overwhelming majority of Pritzker’s wealth, in other words, is tied up in the hotels and various trusts. So a million dollars is certainly money that he could use, at least in the short term, unless he wants to liquidate some assets.

And for all we know, he wasn’t keeping this money for himself. Maybe he was sending it to someone else, or holding it for someone. We have no idea.

So without a doubt, we need more information about how exactly JB Pritzker acquired this money. And yet, in a press conference the other day, when he was asked about this report, the governor didn’t provide very many details. Watch:

JB Pritzker says he won $1.4 million playing BlackJack on just one trip to Las Vegas last year:

“I went on vacation with my wife, with some friends, I was incredibly lucky.” pic.twitter.com/gqAft8Xii6

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 16, 2025

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Even if you don’t know anything about casinos or blackjack — and I don’t — you can tell, immediately, that something is “off” with this answer. He doesn’t provide any specifics at all. He just says he got “lucky” in Vegas, laughs a bit, and immediately pivots to talking about a completely unrelated topic, which is some charity poker organization he has in Illinois. He doesn’t mention the specific casino or anything about the hands he supposedly played. He actually doesn’t even say it was blackjack, although his staff has made that claim. He seems extremely eager to change the subject and move on.

Imagine if you were in Pritzker’s position here. Let’s say you’re a big fan of playing blackjack. You’re a public official. And you manage to make $1.4 million at a high-rollers’ table on a vacation with some friends in Vegas — an extremely unlikely outcome, by any measure. And now a reporter is asking about your big win. Assuming you have nothing to hide, why not talk about how you did it? Why not throw in a single, verifiable, human detail about your time in the casino — like what your friends thought, or what friends you were with, or what casino you were in, or how many hands you played, or whether you had any particularly amazing plays — anything at all?

Even if you’re bashful, and you don’t like bragging about your wins, you must have some understanding how bizarre the whole situation looks. If only to reassure everyone that this wasn’t bribe money, you’d probably say something, anything, about what happened.

But JB Pritzker wasn’t forthcoming at all. And for that reason alone, there needs to be an immediate federal investigation. Someone needs to pull the tapes from the casinos, for one thing. Presumably, if he actually made all of this money in one night, there’s footage of him at a blackjack table somewhere.

I looked online to see what some blackjack players thought about this whole situation.

Here’s one take, from someone assuming that Pritzker was playing $100,000 hands of blackjack, which is at the high end, even for high rollers.

Ok, $100k hands. That’s still 1,400 hands he’d have to play. And that’s if he’s so good at blackjack he can maintain that 1% edge. which is on par with some of the best blackjack players in the country. So, lets say he’s an average blackjack player making 100k bets per hand. in…

— MegaChimp (@ChimpMega) October 16, 2025

Credit: @ChimpMega/X.com

Now, admittedly, you can quibble with the numbers. It’s possible that Pritzker was playing with extremely large and unusual amounts of money — like $500,000 hands or something. But if that’s the case, you have to wonder: Why is he doing that, exactly? Why would he go to a casino and risk a significant chunk of his annual taxable income when he doesn’t need the cash? He’s supposedly just hanging out with some friends and family. Did the casino notice Pritzker doing anything unusual, like card counting, which would enable him to win so much money? If so, did they stop it? Does the casino have any connections to Pritzker?

At best, given what we know, this seems like degenerate behavior. You don’t win a million dollars in Vegas without being a degenerate gambling addict, at best. At worst, it’s money laundering or a bribe. Regardless, again, there needs to be an investigation.

And this investigation should not end with JB Pritzker. We’ve spent so much time talking about political violence by Democrats — and rightfully so — that we often overlook the obvious, pervasive corruption in the party.

For example, you probably missed this story from last April, when Kamala Harris was vice president:

Vice President Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter opened her textile exhibition Thursday at a cannabis store on the Lower East Side — where she peddled knit portraits for several thousand dollars. Ella Emhoff — whose father is second gentleman Doug Emhoff — debuted her knit pieces, which she said marks her transition out of the fashion world and into her new phase of life as an artist. … Harris’ stepdaughter was also asking for $4,500 for a textile of two heart-shaped Gucci hairclips — a 1,400% markup from the designer accessories after which they were modeled.

You can only imagine why someone would pay a 1,400% markup for Ella Emhoff’s textiles. Maybe we’ll get the answer to that question someday. After all, Biden pardoned his own family, but he didn’t pardon Kamala’s.

In the meantime, we’re learning about several more Democrat fraud schemes in California, where money — including your federal tax dollars — was stolen from programs that are supposed to develop housing for homeless people. These kinds of schemes are extremely common in states like California. Now, finally, the DOJ is doing something about it. 

Here’s California U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli.

California has spent billions of taxpayer dollars to combat its homelessness crisis with very little to show for it. Six months ago, I announced the Homelessness Fraud and Corruption Task Force. Today, we begin to hold people accountable by announcing two cases where more than $50 million of homelessness funding was fraudulently obtained.

Here’s one of those cases. Watch:

BREAKING – Federal investigators have just revealed California Democrats stole millions in federal tax dollars through a $27 million homeless housing scheme involving former state senator Kevin Murray’s nonprofit and a $16 million inflated building sale from indicted L.A.… pic.twitter.com/Cg6saUoxik

— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) October 16, 2025

Credit: @Rightanglenews/X.com

As if you needed yet another reason to oppose government-funded housing for the “homeless,” here it is. Really, there are only two outcomes that are possible. Option number one is that the housing gets built, and the homeless proceed to trash the place and use it as a drug den. Option number two is that the housing never gets built, and the developer pockets tens of millions of dollars. 

As Fox’s Matt Finn reports, one of the fraud cases might implicate a Democrat politician.

Feds just announced that a former California Democratic state senator’s non-profit is linked to an alleged $27 million scheme using homeless housing funds. Former state Senator Kevin Murray is the CEO of ‘Weingart’ — which the Feds say used $27 million in homeless dollars to purchase a building in 2023 from an alleged criminal developer who just bought it months prior for $11 million. … Murray was not charged or named but the Feds say the non-profit he’s a CEO of is part of an active investigation.

These housing organizations and housing schemes are probably the single most common vector of fraud in Democratic Party politics. It’s not just happening in California. It’s happening all over the country. For example, the Somali who’s running for mayor of Minneapolis, Omar Fateh, has been implicated in a possible Medicaid-related fraud.

This is from the local news station KARE 11, which has done most of the legwork on this investigation, along with the Star Tribune:

Sen. Omar Fateh’s wife was the listed owner of a Housing Stabilization company while the senator himself was pushing legislation to fast-track client approvals without divulging his ties to the taxpayer-funded program. … On March 24, 2025, Sen. Omar Fateh introduced Senate File 2741, a bill he said would speed up access for people to be approved for HSS, a Medicaid-funded program to help the elderly and disabled find and maintain housing. … Weeks later, a KARE 11 investigation would expose allegations of widespread fraud in the HSS program, including clients being signed up without their knowledge and Medicaid billed for services never provided.

The fraud was so pervasive, in fact, that the entire HSS program has been shut down. The acting United States Attorney for Minnesota estimated that virtually all of the $100 million in annual spending on the program was fraudulent. And there’s reason to believe that Omar Fateh was trying to realize some of those profits.

The article notes that, while Omar Fateh was pushing a bill to benefit HSS programs:

Senator Fateh’s wife, Kaltum Mohamed, was a founder and owner of Community Development Services LLC, an HSS company with an active website soliciting referrals and clients. …. She was still officially an owner, at least on paper, when her husband introduced the bill impacting the HSS industry.

Instead of being forced out of the race for this obvious corruption, of course, Omar Fateh has the full support of his party. He’s currently shooting videos with “baddies for Omar.” Watch:

Minneapolis Mayor candidate Omar Fateh launches a “Baddies for Omar” campaign

Where Muslim Somalian women will help to get him elected

Omar Fateh was exposed for funneling taxpayer money into his wife’s housing NGO yet somehow isn’t arrested. Instead he’s campaigning to run the… pic.twitter.com/hDIr7DEW1F

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) October 16, 2025

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So Omar Fateh certainly isn’t feeling any pressure to withdraw from the race, as he hangs out with “baddies for Omar.” But in the Democrat Party, as it turns out, even if you’re forced out of your job, you can still collect tons of taxpayer cash you didn’t earn.

To that end, last week, an outlet called “LAist” reported on this very strange story, involving the CEO of Los Angeles County, which is the highest-ranking unelected position in the county.

L.A. County officials quietly approved a settlement deal that paid $2 million to the county’s CEO almost two months ago, LAist has learned. CEO Fesia Davenport was issued the check in August to compensate her for damages she claimed — including alleged harm to “reputation, embarrassment and emotional distress,” according to records LAist obtained from the county.

At the time, it wasn’t clear what the lawsuit was about. All we knew was that the CEO of LA County had just received a $2 million settlement from the city. But there were indications that the settlement related somehow to a recent ballot proposition known as ‘”Measure G,” which was, “a voter-approved measure that reshapes the county’s leadership structure, including transforming the appointed CEO job into an elected one starting with the 2028 election. It was put on the ballot by a majority of Davenport’s bosses on the Board of Supervisors.”

So to recap: It looks like the CEO of LA County received $2 million in taxpayer funds because she suffered “emotional distress” when the voters decided to eliminate her position — specifically, by making her position an elected one, instead of an appointed one.

And indeed, yesterday, that’s what “LAist” reported:

L.A. County’s secretive $2 million payout to its CEO two months ago — first revealed by LAist this week — was to settle her claims that she was harmed by a ballot measure that will change her job to an elected position and by the county’s messaging. … CEO Fesia Davenport had requested the settlement for what she claimed was “reputational harm, embarrassment and physical, emotional and mental distress caused by Measure G. … In letters laying out her claims, Davenport said that while the measure made the case for structural changes, its text impugned her reputation by saying “the lack of strong, elected executive leadership has impacted our ability to address these challenges.

In response to these allegations, a majority of LA County supervisors agreed to give her $2 million as a lump sum, which Davenport demanded, “to earn interest on the funds to help mitigate the lifelong impact of Measure G on my retirement allowance.”

Credit: County of Los Angeles, California.

This is, of course, more fraud. It’s more waste and abuse. They’re paying millions of dollars to politicians who are humiliated that they got fired, essentially.

If you vote for Democrats, this is what you’re supporting. No party in American history has been more committed to looting the treasury than these people. This is the same party that spent $140 billion to construct a high-speed rail between San Francisco and Los Angeles, more than a decade ago, and they still haven’t come close to actually building it.

Should we be surprised by any of this? Of course not. A party that’s willing to murder its political opponents and let violent criminals go free isn’t going to hesitate to steal your money. And stealing your money is probably the least damaging thing these people do. But at the same time, every now and then, it’s worth talking about just how rampant their grift really is. It is staggering, by any measure. And before any more Democrats go to the casino — or sell textiles, or funnel money to their wife’s NGO, or sue for emotional distress because they got fired — the Trump administration needs to use the full force of the federal government to shut these people down. In a very literal sense, we simply can’t afford to tolerate this rampant corruption any longer.