Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blocks Jan. 6 rioters from state jobs after Trump pardons

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February 01, 2025

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blocks Jan. 6 rioters from state jobs after Trump pardons

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is blocking those who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol from working in state jobs, ignoring President Donald Trump's attempt to offer them a clean slate last week in a sweeping set of pardons and commutations.

Late Thursday, Pritzker directed the state’s Department of Central Management Services, the state’s primary hiring authority, to restrict hiring of those who took part in the attack on the Capitol by declaring they had taken part in “infamous and disgraceful conduct that is antithetical to the mission of the State.”

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