Billionaire sought political office from Blagojevich, 2008 FBI wiretaps show

CHICAGO — J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire businessman with political ambitions, told Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich he was “really not that interested” in the U.S. Senate seat the governor was dealing in late 2008. Instead, Pritzker offered his own idea: Would Blagojevich make him Illinois treasurer? Phone calls secretly recorded by federal agents — never before publicly…