Well, it’s nice to see some level of accountability for once, though I think he’ll be just fine (thanks to Todd for flagging this).
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Tom Pritzker steps down from Hyatt’s board
Hyatt has announced that 75-year-old Tom Pritzker, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, will retire from his role effective immediately, and will not seek re-election to the Board of Directors at Hyatt’s upcoming Annual Meeting of Stockholders in May.
Mark Hoplamazian, Hyatt’s President & CEO, will become Chairman of the Board effective immediately. Pritzker has served in his current role since 2004, though has served in senior roles at predecessor entities starting in 1980. As it’s described, during his tenure, he has “provided strategic stewardship as Hyatt expanded its global brand presence, strengthened its asset-light business model, and delivered long-term value for stockholders.”
Here’s what Pritzker officially had to say about his retirement, in Hyatt’s press release:
“I have been a proud member of the Hyatt family since the beginning of Hyatt. As I said in my letter to the Board, it has been both an honor and one of the great experiences of my life to have contributed to Hyatt’s growth. Hyatt is well positioned for the future, and I have great confidence in Mark, our leadership team, and the Board as they continue to build on our strong foundation.”
Meanwhile here’s what Hoplamazian had to say about Pritzker’s departure, and his new position:
“I am honored by the Board’s confidence and look forward to serving as Chairman. Tom’s decision reflects his stewardship and strong commitment to Hyatt over his many decades of service. Looking ahead, we remain focused on executing our strategy for long-term growth, advancing care for our colleagues, delivering meaningful experiences for our guests, and driving performance for owners and value for our stockholders.”
The Epstein files is really what’s going on here
If you read Hyatt’s press release, you might assume that Pritzker is just stepping down due to age, or because he’s ready to retire. However, that’s not the case. Instead, it’s because he was featured in the latest release of the Epstein files.
Pritzker did issue a statement apologizing for his involvement, it just wasn’t posted by Hyatt. Here’s what he said:
“Good stewardship also means protecting Hyatt, particularly in the context of my association with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell which I deeply regret. I exercised terrible judgment in maintaining contact with them, and there is no excuse for failing to distance myself sooner.”
So, what did Pritzker do, exactly? In one set of emails released from April 2018 (not the only one), Epstein had emailed Pritzker to ask for help with hotels for Karyna, his last girlfriend (or situationship, or whatever):
karyna is going on an asian exploration first to bali and then kuaa lumpur and tokyo., can you help her the last two places. ?
Pritzker responded as follows:
Yes. I can go with her 🙂
Happy to help, what can I do?
He was obviously looking for hotel stays for her, and Pritzker then got in touch with Karyna, and asked the following in regards to the trip:
What are you going to do there?
Karyna responded as follows:
Going to try to find a new girlfriend for Jeffrey
To which Pritzker then responded the following:
🙂
May the Force be with you.
tjp
Two things stand out to here:
- It seems less than ideal that Hyatt’s press release talks about how Pritzker “provided strategic stewardship,” as he sure did show some sort of “stewardship” here, eh? “I can go with her,” could you be any creepier?
- Also, wasn’t Epstein fairly well off? Like, he really needed to reach out to his billionaire buddy to have a hotel in Kuala Lumpur that maybe retails for $150 per night covered? Don’t these people have better things to do? I suppose Pritzker being behind a booking maximizes odds of getting the very best suite, but what a concept, when the chairman of the company is essentially making travel arrangements for sex traffickers
This whole Epstein situation is just absolutely wild to me, and it’s so dismaying to see the type of behavior in the first place, the cover-up, and just how wide these circles run. I guess in life, people want power, money, and sex.
In the case of everything we’re learning about the Epstein files, most of these guys had money and power, so that left sex — their clouded moral judgment is just beyond comprehension. I don’t understand the lack of ethics, because if it were their daughters that were the victims in all of this, I’m sure they’d all feel very differently.
All the Epstein files need to be released, and all of these people need to suffer the consequences for their actions… but let’s get real, that won’t happen.
Bottom line
Hyatt Chairman Tom Pritzker is stepping down effective immediately, after being exposed in the latest round of the Epstein files. Officially, Hyatt doesn’t reference this as the reason for his departure, and instead commends him for his “strategic stewardship.” However, Pritzker did issue a separate statement, apologizing for his involvement.
It’s nice to see at least some people taking accountability for their unethical and creepy behavior…
That ball is rolling and gonna be rolling faster and faster downhill. Bondi made a show of distraction last week.
How many have been arrested. We all know that answer is zero.
The first arrest happened only today in England. A royal.
Hoplamazian's comments were sketchy. Pritzker's "stewardship" while going to Thailand for the boys and toys?
Full relationship for years after 2009. Stewardship. What is Mark Hop on? Or what world is he living in?
Wasserman did not only resign, he is selling his company within a few days after being named. Wow !
Mark needs to get his house in order or he'll be next.
We all know the naughty CEO's, managers having the...
Hoplamazian's comments were sketchy. Pritzker's "stewardship" while going to Thailand for the boys and toys?
Full relationship for years after 2009. Stewardship. What is Mark Hop on? Or what world is he living in?
Wasserman did not only resign, he is selling his company within a few days after being named. Wow !
Mark needs to get his house in order or he'll be next.
We all know the naughty CEO's, managers having the affairs. This ain't that. This is kids, this is rape, these are not affairs.
God and Jesus are mentioned in the Epstein files (2017 correspondence with Deepak Chopra). Democrats are now screaming for their resignations. I guess the mere mention of a name is enough to set the Democrats lynch mob off.
Yea lots of nasty perverted liberal democrats going down because of their terrible behavior.
I am so glad Trump has been exonerated in all of this.
You used a lot of synonyms
This is either sarcasm or you are one of the stupidest person I have ever had the displeasure of noting.
Wait. Who exonerated him? Besides himself.
That's maga logic. Only 50% of the brain can ever function simultaneously. When you can refute history and facts you make then up on the fly. But we're all accustomed to that by now. I guess being maga these days means you MUST praise and support pedos in any way possible and help divert attention to someone else. Remember Trump said there is No black book and nothing in the files... Oh look an actual...
That's maga logic. Only 50% of the brain can ever function simultaneously. When you can refute history and facts you make then up on the fly. But we're all accustomed to that by now. I guess being maga these days means you MUST praise and support pedos in any way possible and help divert attention to someone else. Remember Trump said there is No black book and nothing in the files... Oh look an actual black book with lots of names and millions of files with his name all over them.
We could have been reading this six (6) years ago. Had Biden released the files, which he could have done. But didn't. Thank you, Trump.
Or 10 years ago when Trump had them but of course he kept telling us there is no bleach book and nothing in the files even as late as last year until he was backed into the corner by his own party. What a wuss.
Trump was a democrat during the Epstein era. All those high powered dems stick together.
dusty, If CommaLa had won we would all bin in big trouble... TO function as President of the United States one need an IQ and not just word salad and giggles!!
It wasn't a choice between him and Harris/Biden. The GOP had plenty of primary challengers to him in 2024, but yall picked the grifting pedo as your leader.
If one needs an IQ, why is Trump qualified to be president?
Because DEI Kammy wasn't.
@Mark Christopher
If anybody embodies "Didn't Earn It", it's Donald J Trump.
You need an IQ to function as POTUS, he says but does not mention the IQ score required. It boggles my mind that a functionally illiterate buffoon with a demonstrable IQ of <70 is POTUS. But pedophiles all love each other I suppose. PERVERTS all.
Oh Dee we are in a " bin ( dumpster) of trouble" ! No Harris needed. Or can you not understand this? Guess who put us here. And no it wasn't Biden, Harris, or any democrat. It was your wasted vote.
He's worth $6.3 billion. He'll be OK.
It's not an apology when you get busted. Old perv will just go about his days without a care admit how many people's lives he ruined. And he knows he won't be going to prison.
I honestly didn't realize so many wealthy, powerful men were this depraved.
@Justin--that's true, but don't underestimate public humiliation for the rich and powerful. Their names will always be associated with predatory behavior.
Where does Qanon go for the apology?
Another creep bites the dust.
Not enough and it's not jail
What would the criminal charges be, and what evidence might exist that could prove them beyond a reasonable doubt? Associating with unsavoury characters is not a crime. Unless there's clear evidence that minors were directly involved, the prosecution would fail.
Excited for every person implicated in criminal activity with Epstein to face justice. ALL of them.
Come on now. Have some perspective. The whole Epstein thing is just a case of "boys being boys".
As usual you can see the peasant class thinks this is political. Upfront I think Trump should be impeached for holding back unredacted files and if he had an ounce of self respect he'd resign.
That being said this is not political. These people are not part of any political party or movement. They are total psychos that see the classes under them to be hunted like wild game.
Don't for one second think...
As usual you can see the peasant class thinks this is political. Upfront I think Trump should be impeached for holding back unredacted files and if he had an ounce of self respect he'd resign.
That being said this is not political. These people are not part of any political party or movement. They are total psychos that see the classes under them to be hunted like wild game.
Don't for one second think that if this blew up under the Biden Administration we wouldn't see the same thing under Garland. The politicians of both parties protect the rich with a few exceptions and those exceptions are not Bernie Sanders and AOC.
That is why these sickos will likely get away with their horror. They have the serfs thinking this is Democrat vs. Republican. At least this freak was fired.
While it's possible a Dem AG would run the same coverup, I disagree that a Dem Congress would refrain from impeaching somebody so obviously implicated. A *sitting Democratic US Senator* was investigated, sent to trial, and sentenced by Biden's DOJ for corruption. Google Bob Menendez. This also happened to a Democractic member of the House of Reps, Henry Cuellar (who Trump just pardoned). Likewise, Eric Adams was on the same path until Trump was elected...
While it's possible a Dem AG would run the same coverup, I disagree that a Dem Congress would refrain from impeaching somebody so obviously implicated. A *sitting Democratic US Senator* was investigated, sent to trial, and sentenced by Biden's DOJ for corruption. Google Bob Menendez. This also happened to a Democractic member of the House of Reps, Henry Cuellar (who Trump just pardoned). Likewise, Eric Adams was on the same path until Trump was elected and dropped all charges to get a quid pro quo out of Adams. The evidence against these people was clear. Democrats have shown much more willingness to hold their own accountable for lawbreaking than Republicans have.
Personally, I think if Harris had won the election we would have seen quite a few additional indictments of people implicated by the Epstein files. We didn't see it under Biden because the Maxwell case only finished its final appeals and confirmed sentencing in September 2024, 2 months before the election, and that's both a lot of evidence to sift through and runs affoul of DOJ's policy of not pursuing politically sensitive investigations immediately prior to elections.
Menendez is a piece of dust compared to this cabal. These are some of the most rich and powerful men ever to roam this planet. They would not have let Menendez get 100 miles near the dock of the island.
Which is why the Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden and Trump administrations have ignored this issue for 30 years.
You're welcome to post anything from the released files that implicates Garland, Obama, or hell even W. And no, the uncorroborated tips from lunatics alleging W and Clinton ritually sacrificed a child on a yacht are not evidence. Honestly, I'm doubtful that Clinton has anything criminal in there given that he's offered to testify in an open session of Congress on it and Trump and Bondi released files explicitly intended to implicate him while redacting...
You're welcome to post anything from the released files that implicates Garland, Obama, or hell even W. And no, the uncorroborated tips from lunatics alleging W and Clinton ritually sacrificed a child on a yacht are not evidence. Honestly, I'm doubtful that Clinton has anything criminal in there given that he's offered to testify in an open session of Congress on it and Trump and Bondi released files explicitly intended to implicate him while redacting the names and images of other accomplices, INCLUDING Trump. If they had actual bad stuff on Clinton, it would have been released unredacted. There's a lot of rich and powerful people implicated, but I think you're fooling yourself for thinking it's a huge number of high level government officials from past US admins. It's mainly Trump and his toadies.
As far as "ignoring" it goes, this was brought to Alex Acosta in 2005-7 when he was a US Attorney. He gave Epstein his sweetheart deal that basically just gave him probation and in/out access from a jail cell. Guess what? Acosta was buddies with Trump and was Trump's Labor Secretary from 2017-2019, until the renewed case against Epstein forced his resignation.
Guess who was the FL Attorney General from 2011-2019, who also turned a blind eye to Epstein going back to all his old habits? Pam Bondi. Guess who's now in Trump's new administration, and doing her dead level best to obfuscate and obstruct the Congressionally ordered release of the files? Yep, Pam Bondi.
they all need to be made to suffer the consequences, up to and including the president
You forgot to put “president” in quotation marks.
We all know that but the problem is how is that going to happen? You have an entire justice dept going to lengths to hide as much of this as possible. The icky way anything can happen is if the next president revamps the doj and then bring charges. I'm hoping sobre super lawyers out there are preparing a good strategy that can bypass the lead pedo pardoning away.
self-dealing pardons are inherently ultra vires and void; if the current supreme court will not understand this simple principle then we will strip its jurisdiction and replace it with one that does.
If you search the files you'll see that the Epstein gang almost exclusively stayed at Hyatt properties. It appears that he had globalist/diamond status. There were also emails with Hyatt owner and shareholder materials. At Marriott, he didn't even have a loyalty account. They also heavily used AmEx concierges for FHR, etc.
Jews like to stick together in all facets of life.
Apparently, there are only repercussions in Europe and for select American businessmen, because American politicians and their close supporters get blanket immunity and their names redacted.
Always the old white men, trumptards, ped*’s and Zionists filling the Epstein files. Disgusting. And all these groups overlap.
It’s not always the “white old men”. The Pritzker family is all democrat. You need to get your “news” from a different place and stop hating the “others”. Wake up.
Ok angry troll. LOL
Good ol' BZ is back up! Make crematoria great again! Whoo!
If you want to do something useful, give up your comfortable life in the West and volunteer for an aid group working in Gaza, rather than trolling social media with your puerile BS.
And they'll be the first to lecture you on being a patriotic American, family values and Jesus this and Jesus that. Why is the church suddenly so quiet on this....
Snake Charmer Epstein, a man so corrupt, that somehow managed to coerce people into abandoning good sense. I'd like to feel sorry for Pritzker, but I just cannot.
These people may not be all guilty, but they're all disgusting.
"Also, wasn’t Epstein fairly well off?" - Yes, he was. But my experience with some very wealthy people, is that for some reason, the more wealthy you are, the more (often the slimy ones) likes to get free sht.
Whether Epstein and the people who humour him were slimy, that's not for me to judge.
Correct. You don't get rich by spending your own money.
The head of Dubai's port authority stepped down as well.
How many are allegedly involved ? Of course being in the files does not mean anything they did was untoward, unless you are Orange Cankles or the member of the royal household formerly known as Prince. In fact a relative attended a dinner function many years ago with Ghislaine Maxwell in central London .
Incidental contact is not roughing the passer. But, explicit emails are.
Epstein just had to made sure Hyatt honors their elite benefits.
He had enough of being denied benefits.
No club?
No breakfast?
No upgrades?
4pm late check out?
Being a Globalist isn't enough. You need to bring a Pritzker.
Everything Trump touches dies.
Has anyone ever offered him a fat jab so that he can finally touch himself.
All files that the FBI had were released. So it did happen. What didn't happen is that Trump was not implicated, much to the chagrin of online leftist SJWs. Once again, if Trump were in any way implicated, the Biden admin would have leaked or released it. We all know they would have, they leaked everything and anything politically expedient. Now we know why: it was only their leftist buddies that were hanging out with Epstein.
Mantis….Stop being jealous of Epstein's friends.
This comment is incorrect. Numerous emails between Trump and Epstein discuss girls (the youngest being 13 years old at the time) in a manner that suggest Trump had or was to have sex with them. (I am a conservative and had been an appointee within the Republican Party. I can tell you that Republican members of the House and Senate acknowledge this when talking among themselves. Cult of personality members deny it.)
@Tom
Laughable obvious lies. It would be on CNN 24/7 if so. Biden would have leaked it if so. You're either an idiot or a troll. Try again, next time make it so what believable.
@Mantis
First, the files were under seal with the DOJ due to the ongoing Maxwell trial.
Second, you MAGA loons would never have believed it anyways and would have made up all kinds of excuses about it being a Dem hoax if any of this came out under Biden.
Third, Trump RAN ON RELEASING THESE files. Biden didn't run on releasing this shit, he was letting the DOJ work independently, as it should. Releasing...
@Mantis
First, the files were under seal with the DOJ due to the ongoing Maxwell trial.
Second, you MAGA loons would never have believed it anyways and would have made up all kinds of excuses about it being a Dem hoax if any of this came out under Biden.
Third, Trump RAN ON RELEASING THESE files. Biden didn't run on releasing this shit, he was letting the DOJ work independently, as it should. Releasing the files was TRUMP's campaign promise. As part of that promise, early last year, Bondi handed out a binder saying Epstein Vol. 1 to a bunch of influencers. She claimed she had Epstein's client list on her desk and more information was coming soon. She then about-faced several months later, said case closed nothing to see here.
This information is coming out now because REPUBLICANS like Thomas Massie and MTG, who I have zero love for, broke with the party over the coverup and got bipartisan legislation passed to release it. Because if we had to rely on Trump to release it all, it would never come out. Why? Because he found out he was implicated.
I assume you mean Alice Trump was not implicated. Alice lives down the street from me.
Donald J. Trump was mentioned thousands of time in the emails.
Oh! Golly gosh!
You have resurrected your 1990 login Ben, have you retired the High Class American already?
We know you know …. :-)
Rotten creep. This is like 10 years after Epstein was convicted as a sex offender for procuring children for prostitution… and he’s wishing this girl luck in finding the paedo a “girlfriend” in SE Asia. Disgusting people.
Oh! You have resurrected your 1990 login Ben, have you retired the High Class American persona then?
We know you know …. :-)
Yikes. So creepy. I don’t care what background, party, wealth these people come from… ALL of then need to be held accountable, especially those at the top. It’s clear the main character here is Trump. And yet, we keep giving him a pass, again and again and again. Enough is enough, friends. 258 days until the midterms.
Yep, because if we vote in the "right" people, life will be so much better. At what point will you finally realize that government isn't the solution, it's the problem?
Just a small correction: a conservative government will never get anything done for the middle- or lower-class.
Mike, anarcho-libertarianism ain’t the answer; just leads to feudalism and tyranny in the end.
No favor is too small to ask or receive when the idea is to keep channels of communication open and put out feelers for who knows what or whom else. Also, never underestimate the desire to get outsized value even when not in need of it it. In addition this could have been a good way to increase the chances of complimentarily landing in the presidential suites (or as high a category suite as possible...
No favor is too small to ask or receive when the idea is to keep channels of communication open and put out feelers for who knows what or whom else. Also, never underestimate the desire to get outsized value even when not in need of it it. In addition this could have been a good way to increase the chances of complimentarily landing in the presidential suites (or as high a category suite as possible for a stay) and get some things comped and to try to impress whomever he was assisting or hoping to draw into his freaky net.