Overview
- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker told the New York Times that Trump administration officials and federal agents who he says broke the law should face criminal or civil prosecution.
- He proposed a Democratic counterpart to conservatives’ Project 2025, dubbing it “Project 2029” and framing it as a plan to restore the rule of law.
- Republican figures quickly condemned the remarks, with Rep. Mary Miller warning of political retribution and commentator Joel Pollak calling the statement an extreme threat.
- Pritzker previously sued over a federal troop deployment to Chicago, won a temporary restraining order that the Supreme Court upheld, and the administration withdrew troops in January.
- Separate litigation over alleged misconduct by federal immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz remains active after an appeals court overturned a district judge’s injunction earlier this month.