* Background is here if you need it. From the Illinois Republican Party…

JB Pritzker and Jeffrey Epstein

CHICAGO — Yesterday, former President Bill Clinton made a shocking claim that he brought Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s plane. See for yourself:

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This revelation comes just days after JB disavowed his cousin, Tom Pritzker, for his close contact with Jeffrey Epstein, even after he was convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution. Last week, JB was perfectly clear on MS NOW: “Anyone that’s done something wrong needs to be held accountable…it’s very important that people be held to pay the price for whatever it is that they may have done,” We couldn’t agree more.

Bottom Line: JB Pritzker has A LOT of questions to answer about his own ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

The governor has a 10 o’clock press conference today, so we’ll have more on this topic.

…Adding… Tribune…

JB Pritzker’s name does not appear in the flight logs for Epstein’s airplane, which have been released publicly.

Still, that didn’t stop at least one of the Republicans running for the chance to challenge Pritzker in November from latching on.

“JB Pritzker has officially been named in the Epstein deposition by Bill Clinton,” video gambling magnate Rick Heidner wrote in a social media post. “I said that his cousin might have a problem because of Epstein. Now it looks like JB could be having problems with it too.”

Heidner, who is running against former state Sen. Darren Bailey, conservative policy advocate Ted Dabrowski and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick in the March 17 GOP primary for governor, was referring to Pritzker’s cousin Thomas Pritzker.