Democratic gubernatorial nominee J.B. Pritzker has steadfastly defended the $330,000 property tax break he got in part by disabling the toilets in a Gold Coast mansion he owns — but on Tuesday the billionaire vowed to refund the money to taxpayers.

 

The surprise announcement comes just one day after the Chicago Sun-Times reported that the Cook County inspector general has concluded the property tax break was part of a “scheme to defraud.”

 

Pritzker’s use of the tax break, uncovered by the Sun-Times last year, has dogged him since he launched his run for governor. Gov. Bruce Rauner has aired television commercials lampooning Pritzker as the “Porcelain Prince” and blasted the tactic in speeches and in their first face-to-face debate last month.

 

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