{"id":2576188,"date":"2026-03-04T18:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pritzker-tries-to-laugh-off-bill-clintons-under-oath-statement-that-illinois-governor-traveled-with-epstein\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:42:41","slug":"pritzker-tries-to-laugh-off-bill-clintons-under-oath-statement-that-illinois-governor-traveled-with-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pritzker-tries-to-laugh-off-bill-clintons-under-oath-statement-that-illinois-governor-traveled-with-epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Pritzker Tries to Laugh Off Bill Clinton&#8217;s Under Oath Statement That Illinois Governor Traveled with Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpritzker-tries-to-laugh-off-bill-clintons-under-oath-statement-that-illinois-governor-traveled-with-epstein%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2576188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Western Journal article examines the political fallout surrounding Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker after former president Bill Clinton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >closed-door deposition<\/a> touched on flights linked to Jeffrey Epstein. Clinton reportedly said he traveled with various people, including Pritzker and his wife on some trips, but a Clinton representative later framed those remarks as examples of people who traveled with him in general, not necessarily on Epstein\u2019s plane. Pritzker denied ever meeting Epstein or flying on his plane and called Clinton\u2019s statements a mistake, while the Illinois GOP criticized his reaction as smirking. Local outlets noted that Pritzker\u2019s name does not appear in the unsealed Epstein flight logs, and the piece includes reactions from social media as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-central-bank-eus-gas-price-cap-scheme-could-backfire-raise-volatility\/\" title=\"European Central Bank: EU\u2019s Gas Price Cap Scheme Could Backfire, Raise Volatility\">correction mechanism<\/a> on the site.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Illinois&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-gov-gavin-newsom-accused-of-racism-after-making-sat-comment-to-black-mayor\/\" title=\"California Gov. Gavin Newsom Accused of Racism After Making SAT Comment to Black Mayor\">hyper-progressive governor<\/a> has been feeling the heat lately &mdash; and it&rsquo;s largely thanks to a fellow Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been getting peppered with questions after former President Bill Clinton&rsquo;s closed-door deposition regarding the disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/gov-jb-pritzker-denies-traveling-jeffrey-epsteins-plane-bill-clintons-recanted-testimony\/18672515\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WLS-TV<\/a>, Clinton was asked about who he may have traveled with on the more than two dozen flights he had taken on Epstein&rsquo;s plane.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Clinton noted that apart from the usual &mdash; staffers, Secret Service agents &mdash; Pritzker and his wife also traveled with him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On occasion, I had people who had volunteered to help us and wanted to see what we were doing,&rdquo; Clinton said. &ldquo;For example, I think it was on one of these trips &mdash; I think &mdash; that I had my first trip for a man who is now the governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, and his wife. They gave me &mdash; they helped me get started.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Despite a Clinton representative reframing those remarks (the rep claimed that Clinton was giving examples of people he traveled with to view Clinton Foundation work, not necessarily on Epstein&rsquo;s plane), the claim obviously set off alarms.<\/p>\n<p>And when Pritzker was given a chance to broach the salacious topic, he appeared to think it was a joking matter.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the remarks &mdash; and mannerisms &mdash; of Pritzker for yourself below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JBPritzker?\">@JBPritzker<\/a> thinks the Epstein allegations are funny. They&rsquo;re not. These are serious, distrubing allegations &ndash; and there&rsquo;s nothing humorous about them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dtuJ62d1wG\">pic.twitter.com\/dtuJ62d1wG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IL Republican Party (@ILGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ILGOP\/status\/2028897676725551414?\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, I have never, had never met Jeffrey Epstein,&rdquo; Pritzker said while speaking to the press on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &ldquo;I was never on Jeffrey Epstein&rsquo;s plane. I was never on any plane with Jeffrey Epstein or with Ghislaine Maxwell. Never met her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>(He also took a jab at President Donald Trump.)<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois GOP X account, however, took tremendous umbrage with the smirk plastered on Pritzker&rsquo;s face as he seemed to laugh off the &ldquo;serious&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-investigation-burisma-bribery-claims-concealed-from-irs-investigators\/\" title=\"Biden probe: Burisma bribery allegations hidden from IRS inquiry\">allegations presented<\/a> in Clinton&rsquo;s since-recanted statements.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Pritzker] thinks the Epstein allegations are funny. They&rsquo;re not. These are serious, [disturbing] allegations &mdash; and there&rsquo;s nothing humorous about them,&rdquo; the GOP account posted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/chicago-politics\/pritzker-says-clinton-was-mistaken-mentioning-him-during-epstein-deposition\/3902799\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WMAQ-TV<\/a> reported that Pritzker&rsquo;s name was not in any of the Epstein flight logs that have been unsealed thus far.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois governor ultimately dismissed Clinton&rsquo;s remarks as an error.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Clinton clearly was mistaken and he corrected the mistake,&rdquo; Pritzker said.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed that he had &ldquo;never even heard of Jeffrey Epstein until the scandal that broke out in 2019.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Pritzker, has come under fire after former President Bill Clinton\u2019s closed-door deposition related to Jeffrey Epstein. In the deposition, Clinton was asked who he traveled with on Epstein\u2019s planes. He said that, in addition to staff and Secret Service, Pritzker and his wife sometimes accompanied him. Clinton added that on at least one trip, people who later became Illinois\u2019 governor, Pritzker and his wife, helped him get started.<\/p>\n<p>A Clinton representative later framed Clinton\u2019s remarks as examples of people he may have traveled with to view Clinton Foundation work, not necessarily on Epstein\u2019s plane. When Pritzker was asked about the matter, he appeared to treat it as a joke. The Illinois Republican Party criticized his reaction, arguing that the allegations are serious and not humorous; they even cited a post accusing Pritzker of smirking at the topic.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from WMAQ-TV noted that Pritzker\u2019s name does not appear in the Epstein flight logs that have been released thus far. Pritzker ultimately dismissed Clinton\u2019s remarks as a mistake, saying that Clinton was mistaken and later corrected it, and that he had never met Jeffrey Epstein or flown on Epstein\u2019s plane\u2014adding that he had not even heard of Epstein until the 2019 scandal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2576189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-04T182629.506.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5855,9006,20657],"class_list":["post-2576188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-clinton","tag-epstein","tag-pritzker"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-04T182629.506.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2576188"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2576192,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576188\/revisions\/2576192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2576189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2576188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2576188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2576188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}