Democrat Governor Issues Directive Prohibiting Pardoned J6 Defendants From State Jobs

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is blocking J6 defendants pardoned by President Trump from obtaining state jobs, NBC News reports.

The outlet reports that the Democrat governor directed the state’s Department of Central Management Services, the state’s primary hiring authority, to restrict hiring J6 defendants.

The directive reportedly said they had taken part in “infamous and disgraceful conduct that is antithetical to the mission of the State,” the outlet noted.

“These rioters attacked law enforcement officers protecting people in the Capitol, disrupted the peaceful transfer of power, and undermined bedrock principles of American democracy,” the directive read.

“No one who attempts to overthrow a government should serve in government,” it added.

ILLINOIS GOV: NO STATE JOBS FOR JAN. 6 RIOTERS

Gov. JB Pritzker (R-IL) just slammed the door on Jan. 6 rioters looking for government jobs, calling their actions “infamous and disgraceful conduct.”

Translation: If you stormed the Capitol, don’t bother applying.

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— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 31, 2025

A closer look:

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Per NBC News:

Pritzker’s new directive marks the first and most direct pushback to Trump’s power spree that has tested the bounds of presidential authority through a fray of executive orders, including some that have drawn judicial rebuke. The Democratic governor of the Midwestern blue state has for years acted as an antagonist to Trump.

Pritzker’s directive is likely to draw legal challenges, but sources familiar with it said that working through the personnel code was thought to serve as the best legal footing should it face court pushback.

In his first day in office last week, Trump issued a sweeping order that pardoned about 1,500 people and commuted the sentences of 14 others who had stormed the Capitol building in the wake of Trump making false claims that the 2020 presidential election Joe Biden won was stolen.

#BREAKING: Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) has blacklisted all January 6th participates from working in the Illinois State Government

Pritzker will get smacked down by the courts pic.twitter.com/ghfOlFehjy

— jerry maga (@_jerrymaga) January 31, 2025

From the Huffington Post:

Having participated in the insurrection should amount to such behavior and be considered “as infamous and disgraceful conduct that is antithetical to the mission of the State,” he said.

“I am committed to building a State workforce that upholds our shared values and delivers results for the people of Illinois. Our State workforce must reflect the values of Illinois and demonstrate honesty, integrity, and loyalty to serving the taxpayers,” he said.

Pritzker has been an outspoken critic of Trump and on Thursday called him “unfit to lead” while criticizing his handling of the fatal air crash in Washington this week.

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