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Hyatt Hotels Chairman Thomas Pritzker said that he would retire and renounced his relationship with sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.

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Thomas J. Pritzker, a billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, stepped down from his role as executive chairman of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation -- becoming the latest person felled by an association with Jeffrey Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u ...

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-- Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) Feb 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM

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"Super-billionaire Thomas Pritzker sniveled that he has "regret" over his connection to the notorious Jeffrey Epstein and his disgusting accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

Epstein plead guilty to state criminal charges related to soliciting prostitution, including one charge involving a minor, in Florida in 2008. In 2019, he allegedly killed himself in nearly impossible circumstance in a federal prison cell after being arrested for federal child sex trafficking charges.

Recently released files show Pritzker and Epstein exchanged friendly emails after the disgraced financier's 2008 plea deal. Being part of the release of thousands of documents and photos does not imply any wrongdoing.

"I exercised terrible judgment in maintaining contact with them, and there is no excuse for failing to distance myself sooner," Pritzker whined. "I condemn the actions and the harm caused by Epstein and Maxwell and I feel deep sorrow for the pain they inflicted on their victims."


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In a legal deposition, the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre accused Thomas Pritzker of serious sexual allegations, naming him as one of several men she was trafficked to have sex with. In her book Nobody's Girl, Virginia wrote about "Billionaire One" and "Billionaire Two," but omitted their names out of fear for her mortal life and the lives of her family. Thomas Pritzker is one the wealthiest men on the planet and cousin to JB Pritzker, the Democratic governor of Illinois.


Mega-oligarch Thomas Pritzker, who never worked a day in his life, inherited a massive fortune, attended the best schools, ate the finest foods, and traveled the world in First Class or Concorde. This good-for-nothing reprobate lavishes himself with a net worth of $3.1 billion dollars.

Below, the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre when she was an underage sex slave for Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. One of Virginia's last wishes was that the monstrous Ghislaine Maxwell never see the light of day again.


#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-16 11:55 PM | Reply

After reading some of the Jeffrey Epstein files, Congressman Tim Burchett (R-TN) said Ghislaine Maxwell would receive an involuntary injection of five lead projectiles into the back of her head if she was ever released from prison.

What does the vile billionaire Thomas Pritzker deserve?


#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-17 12:14 AM | Reply

Maybe a fat,bald, dementia riddled ---- can do the same thing.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-17 12:56 AM | Reply

#3 Doubtful. His crimes are much much worse. He knows his only way to stay out of jail is to stay in the Oval Office.

How 70,000,000 people thought this sack of gelatinous---------- was fit to lead this country is an indictment against our nation.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-17 07:11 AM | Reply

Isn't the Republican governor of Illinois a member of that family?

#5 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-02-18 01:51 AM | Reply

NIXON

By now most of those fools who believed Trump's lies are regretting the huge mistake they made in 2024. Thus, Trump's poll numbers have reached the impeachment stage. If that fails after the midterms, we won't have to worry about an election in 2028 because there won't be one ~~ at least not one that we'd recognize or one that leaves the opposition candidate alive.

So far, we haven't even seen the depth of Donald's depravity yet.

And we can all say goodbye to the Constitution and our Civil Right.

#6 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-18 02:30 AM | Reply

#5
You got yerself one a them, whatchamacallem, googler, right?
Use it.

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-02-18 05:29 AM | Reply

One this this world can be assured of--Der Dotard will NEVER raise this action by Tom Pritzker, since it would draw the question of why Trump himself is not taking similar action. Of course, a guy who claims to have been 'completely exonerated' still is blocking the release of files which would prove (SURE) his claim...

#8 | Posted by catdog at 2026-02-18 08:27 AM | Reply

en.wikipedia.org

I have little doubt that many, if not most named are not legally vulnerable, but goodness knows some are going to be found guilty of the most heinous of behavior and crimes. That is, of course, if Trump is stymied in his attempt to protect the guilty and hassle the innocent.

#9 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-02-18 08:49 AM | Reply

All the files have been released and Trump has been completely exonerated of any wrong doing. Almost all Democrat party elites on the other hand...

#10 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-02-18 10:44 AM | Reply

All the files have been released and Trump has been completely exonerated of any wrong doing.

#10 | POSTED BY VISITOR

LOL.

You lie like a dog.

This ain't over until it's over.

Though it takes the next ten years and we have to exhume Trump's dead body to put his head on a spike like the English did Cromwell.

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-18 10:51 AM | Reply

10 | POSTED BY VISITOR

The scope and horror of Epstein only grows larger.

We are already in the search for bodies stage.

And Donald Trump is, by my count, already implicated in the murder of four young girls.

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-18 10:53 AM | Reply

Fascinating that the original MAGA intuition concerning a world-wide sex crime syndicate is proving to be real.

Hillarious that more MAGA will end up being caught in this conspiracy than anyone else.

At the bottom of this sewer we will find Donald Trump.

Have we ever had a president occused of serial murder, any murder before?

Not to my memory before Donald Trump.

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-18 10:57 AM | Reply

MAGAs like Obama, Clinton, Clinton and Pritzker?

#14 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-02-18 11:15 AM | Reply

MAGAs like Obama, Clinton, Clinton and Pritzker?

#14 | POSTED BY VISITOR

Let's let the chips fall where they may, shall we?

I mean, you do think that's a good idea, don't you?

You wouldn't to stand in the way of that, would you?

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-18 11:19 AM | Reply

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