Governor Summoned in Defamation Suit

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been summoned in a defamation case filed by an attorney the governor called a “grifter.” Attorney Thomas DeVore’s attorney filed the defamation case in Sangamon County late last month. A hearing has yet to be scheduled. Last month, Pritzker called DeVore a “grifter,” suggesting DeVore is tricking people for illicit purposes after DeVore filed a case challenging COVID-19 mandates. Some claim Pritzker has executive immunity based on a case from decades ago, but DeVore said that case doesn’t give the governor carte blanche to defame people.