* From last month…
A communications staffer ousted by Gov. Bruce Rauner is accusing the governor’s office of stonewalling on requests for public information, including emails to and from first lady Diana Rauner regarding an abortion bill the governor angered conservatives by signing.
Diana Rickert’s lawsuit is here.
* Today’s Tribune…
A former member of Gov. Rauner’s communications team has asked to dismiss a lawsuit seeking emails from first lady Diana Rauner about a controversial abortion bill.
The suit was filed by Diana Rickert, who briefly served as Rauner’s chief of staff for communications last summer. It alleges the governor’s office did not follow open records laws by failing to release records she requested.
Court records show Rickert filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss the suit Wednesday. Attorneys for the Liberty Justice Center, which is where she now works and which is representing her in the case, did not respond to a request for comment.
Rauner spokeswoman Rachel Bold said the administration provided Rickert with documents and “there was nothing left to litigate.”
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Feb 8, 18 @ 11:00 am:
===Rauner spokeswoman Rachel Bold said the administration provided Rickert with documents and “there was nothing left to litigate.”===
Maybe somebody else ought to file that FOIA, you know, just to see what the hub bub was all about.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Feb 8, 18 @ 11:04 am:
===Rauner spokeswoman Rachel Bold said the administration provided Rickert with documents and “there was nothing left to litigate.”===
Wonder if Rickert will share the emails, maybe to clear up where Rickert and Diana had disagreements.
We may never know.
- Annonin' - Thursday, Feb 8, 18 @ 11:04 am:
And we can be certain Capt. fax has already asked Ms. Bold to send along everything they gave ms. rickert. Can’t wait for that data dump. Now remember when GovJunk was yammerin’ at the Tribbie Edit Board he claimed he was “evaluatin’” SB40 when all those folks herd him say he would veto the bill
- Anon221 - Thursday, Feb 8, 18 @ 11:16 am:
May be that Tapes are to Pritzker what Emails will be to Rauner (via Team Ives with Proft as the messenger and Uihlein paying for the message).
- wordslinger - Thursday, Feb 8, 18 @ 11:23 am:
So will the Justice League of America, or whatever fakakta Tillman word-salad grift-group she’s with, share with the public? Give the taxpayers their money’s worth on her request? In the name of truth, justice and Jeanne Ives?
- Henry Francis - Thursday, Feb 8, 18 @ 11:49 am:
Standard operating procedure for Rauner, as a private bidnessman and as Guv. He doesn’t care what the law says, he doesn’t care what the contract says, he doesn’t care what decency says - you want him to do something he doesn’t want to do, you better get some lawyers and sue him. He is gonna make you jump through as many expensive hoops as he can.
- DuPage Bard - Thursday, Feb 8, 18 @ 5:46 pm:
Wonder how many “pages” were in the glove of information given to drop the lawsuit?