{"id":607944,"date":"2021-08-01T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T18:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=607944"},"modified":"2021-08-01T14:36:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T18:36:13","slug":"chicago-prosecutors-will-try-to-block-trumps-1-million-tax-refund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-prosecutors-will-try-to-block-trumps-1-million-tax-refund\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Prosecutors Will Try To Block Trump\u2019s $1 Million Tax Refund"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fchicago-prosecutors-will-try-to-block-trumps-1-million-tax-refund%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=607944&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-465788562.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Chicago owes former President Donald Trump a million-dollar tax refund but the Cook County State\u2019s Attorney, which is typically focused on handling the city\u2019s crime, will mount an effort to block Trump from receiving his check.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/565795-chicago-owes-trump-1m-tax-refund\">The Hill report<\/a>s that the \u201cCook County state\u2019s attorney is seeking to block a $1 million tax refund that the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board ruled is owed to former <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">President Trump on his Chicago skyscraper\u2019s 2011 tax bill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The building was \u201cover-assessed\u201d according to a unanimous vote of Illinois\u2019 state property tax board, but the Cook County States Attorney says the city should not pay, since granting Trump his refund would take money out of the pockets of Chicago taxpayers \u2014 even though the money was never the city\u2019s, to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Foxx, the Cook County State\u2019s Attorney, \u201cfiled a lawsuit this month with the Illinois Appellate Court against the refund, stating that the former president\u2019s refund would take away taxpayer dollars from Chicago public schools and other agencies to pay for it,\u201d per The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The Sun-Times did note that Trump\u2019s tax refund comes as a result of work done by controversial former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, who is under federal indictment \u2014 but the indictment is related to a separate issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Sun-Times reported that the state tax agency initially rejected Trump\u2019s argument that his vacant storefronts did not hold any value because they had never been leased by tenants,\u201d The Hill said. \u201cA hearing officer for the state tax agency denied attempts by Burke to win a refund in 2018, arguing in his opinion that the law firm failed to demonstrate that Cook County had overassessed the value of the Trump building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA later report written by another staff member agreed with Burke\u2019s arguments, though the case was delayed until after Trump left the Oval Office,\u201d The Hill said.<\/p>\n<p>The Cook County States Attorney would not comment further on the issue, beyond the rationale contained in the complaint: that the refund would come out of the pockets of Cook County taxpayers, necesitating the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Foxx\u2019s office is focused on the Trump issue, despite criticism directly from the city\u2019s police officials, who have laid blame for the city\u2019s shocking spike in crime at the feet of the state\u2019s attorney\u2019s office and its commitment to \u201cbail reform,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2021\/07\/06\/chicago-violence-blame-police-david-brown-states-attorney-kim-foxx\/\">Chicago\u2019s CBS affiliate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s happening in the courts is creating this unsafe environment for all of us,\u201d Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said, following the July 4th weekend, rife with violence.&nbsp;\u201cI hear a lot about what the State\u2019s Attorney is doing. She charged these people with murder we brought before them that we\u2019ve arrested \u2013 and the courts, the courts released them back into the community, creating an unsafe environment for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foxx, of course, fired back, blaming the police.<\/p>\n<p>At least two dozen people were shot over the weekend in Chicago and at least one person was killed. There were 461 shootings in the month of July, Chicago\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/chicago-gun-violence-461-shootings-reported-in-july-up-15-from-last-year\/2575176\/\">NBC Affiliate<\/a>&nbsp;noted Sunday, a 15% increase from last year.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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