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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
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Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
@Williamjkelly
Veteran Chicago reporter. Despised by Mayors Johnson, Lightfoot . Emmy-award winning. Subscribe: reporterwilliamjkelly.com Please credit for use of video
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    @Williamjkelly
    Oct 7, 2025
    ⚡ RAW VIDEO: “Answer as a Man” — Kelly Confronts Mayor Johnson ⚡ At today’s presser, I asked Mayor Johnson what real Chicagoans are asking: how can you call law enforcement “a sickness” while you hide behind 150 sworn CPD officers? And if you and your wife Stacey were ever
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    @Williamjkelly
    Oct 29, 2025
    RAW VIDEO: “COWARD!” — Watch My Relentless Line of Questioning At today’s presser, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson tried to duck my questions AGAIN. I told him: “Last week I asked you about the Nicaraguan illegal who beat a Chicago woman unconscious and raped her on a sidewalk—you
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    @Williamjkelly
    Oct 27, 2025
    Thank you, @DHSgov, for spotlighting my question to Mayor Brandon Johnson. Chicago deserves straight answers about violent crimes committed by criminal illegal aliens — but the mayor can’t even stomach the question. Johnson blew up when I asked about Leyter Jeferson Arauz-Medina,
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    Oct 16, 2025
    Mr. Mayor, you’re asking struggling Chicago businesses to cough up $617M in new taxes while office buildings sit empty and the Loop’s still a ghost town. Chicagoans are scared this will kill even more jobs. Meanwhile, your 150-officer personal police bodyguard detail costs
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    Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
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    Oct 23, 2024
    Take away his mic!" That’s what Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson snapped at his press secretary before turning his anger on me. Then he got right in my face: "Don’t ever interrupt me again," he threatened. He was fired up the second he saw me yesterday—still pissed off about my
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    Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
    @Williamjkelly
    Nov 20, 2022
    Replying to @LoriLightfoot
    Excuse me, Mayor Lightfoot, but I've asked you that very same question for a year now and you've screamed at me that "crime is down." In fact, you had my credentials revoked so I COULDN'T ask you those questions anymore. But I won't be silenced.
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    Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot stripped my press credentials—I’m suing to get them back
    With my Chicago media credentials revoked, I can no longer attend any official Chicago press event or ask questions of Mayor Lori Lightfoot or any other city officials.
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    Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
    @Williamjkelly
    May 20, 2025
    🚨 Raw video from my presser with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson this morning. The DOJ has launched a civil rights investigation into his hiring practices — sparked by his blatantly racist rhetoric this weekend and he laughed. I asked him directly: Why are you a racist? I called
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    Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
    @Williamjkelly
    May 2, 2023
    I was JUST turned away at Downtown #Chicago's luxury migrant hotel near the Magnificent Mile. The hotel's manager yelled at me that the hotel is CLOSED FOR YOU but it isn't closed to #migrants. The standard room normally goes for $239/night but I bet Chicago taxpayers are footing
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    Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
    @Williamjkelly
    Oct 17, 2024
    SALTY LANGUAGE WARNING. I had a run-in with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's anti-police senior aide, Kennedy Bartley, whom he recently promoted and increased her salary to $192K at a time when he's frozen city hires and cut police academy classes. This is at a time when Chicago
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    @Williamjkelly
    Mar 29, 2025
    Chicago Mayor Johnson, your "silly kids" are out of control. This is happening in Streeterville now. #violentblackteenseason
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    Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
    @Williamjkelly
    Mar 13, 2025
    🚨 MAYOR JOHNSON TURNS CHICKEN ON CHICAGO VIOLENCE 🚨 I challenged Mayor Johnson today, and he couldn’t take it. I told him the harsh reality: warm weather in Chicago means one thing to Chicagoans —it's "black teen violence season." Chicagoans aren’t just afraid of the
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    Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
    @Williamjkelly
    Jan 30, 2025
    I also paid Gov. Pritzker a visit this week—since he’s attacking @realDonaldTrump for illegal acts and falsely claiming that @elonmusk made a Nazi salute. So, I pressed him: “You stated that Donald Trump has broken the law. You mentioned that you are an attorney—so tell me,
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    Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
    @Williamjkelly
    Dec 31, 2023
    Replying to @ChicagosMayor
    Mr. Mayor, how much notice does the State of Texas receive as to how many migrants are illegally crossing the US border and when? 10,000 migrants have "arrived" after illegally entering the U.S. in Texas and Arizona just in the last week. The last time I checked 10,000 migrants
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    Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
    @Williamjkelly
    Apr 28, 2024
    This is what has been happening all night at Columbus and Illinois Street. Hundreds of teens and young adults. Heavy police presence including at least 8 squad cars. All it took was warm weather. What will happen when the DNC Convention is here in August and police are diverted
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    Reporter William J. Kelly #thatreporter
    @Williamjkelly
    Nov 18, 2024
    A Statement from Reporter William J. Kelly on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Threats and Intimidation Tactics Against Him @ChicagosMayor until now, I’ve spoken solely as a reporter representing the people of Chicago. Today, I also speak for myself. Your brutish and increasingly
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