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Illinois governor organized secret flights to bring masks and gloves from China out of fear Trump would seize them

• A new report has shed new light on the suspicion and in-fighting hampering the US coronavirus response.
• The Chicago Sun-Times said Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker organized secret charter flights to get protective equipment to the state from China.
• The rationale was fear: Illinois has seen reports of federal officials seizing and diverting shipments bound for individual states.
• Pritzker has described fierce bidding wars between states and the federal government over supplies.
• President Donald Trump has said Pritzker, a Democrat, is "always complaining."