AND HALSTED AT ALL HOURS OF THE

DAY AND NIGHT.

>>> AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDER

WAY INTO THE PROPERTY TAX BILL

FOR ONE OF THE COOWNERS OF THE

CHICAGO CUBS.

TAUD RICKETS BUILT A NEW MANSION

IN WE WILL MET, BUT STILL PAYING

FOR THE OLD PROPERTY THAT WAS

TORN DOWN.

>> MARY ANN AHERN IS ON THE

STORY AND TELLS US RICKETS IS A

HIGH-RANKING MEMBER ON PRESIDENT

TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN TEAM.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, ALLISON AND

ROB.

"THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE" FIRST TO

REVEAL THIS STORY.

WE ALSO CONFIRMS THE COOK COUNTY

ASSESS CERTIFY IS LOOKING AT A

HOME THAT WAS TORN DOWN WHEN HE

OWNS TWO LOTS AND BUILT A

BRAND-NEW 5,000 SQUARE FOOT

MANSION.

THIS IS TODD RICKETS' WILMETTE

HE HAS TWO LOTS, AN OLD HOUSE

WAS TORN DOWN ON ONE OF THEM.

THE NEW ONE BUILT NEARLY TEN

YEARS AGO.

BUT HIS PROPERTY TAXES DO NOT

REFLECT THE MAJOR CHANGES.

>> THEY WERE BASING THE PROPERTY

TAX ASSESSMENT ON AN OLDER

PARCEL.

SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO "THE

CHICAGO TRIBUNE," A REAL ESTATE

ATTORNEY FOR RICKETS FILED A

PROPERTY TAX APPEAL SIX YEARS

AGO.

BASING THAT APPEAL ON THE AGE

AND SIZE OF THE OLD HOUSE.

THIS YEAR RICKETS' TAX BILL WAS

$22,800.

COMPARE THAT TO A NEIGHBOR'S

BILL FOR A 70-YEAR-OLD HOUSE,

AND THAT BILL WAS $31,200.

>> SEEMS KIND OF ODD THAT A

LAWYER WOULD GO IN ON ONE OF THE

PARCELS AND NOT MENTION WHAT

HAPPENED ON THE ADJACENT PARCEL.

>> Reporter: IN A DIFFERENT CASE

LAST YEAR IT WAS REVEALED

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER REMOVED

THE TOILETS TO ONE OF HIS GOLD

COAST MANSIONS AND THEN RECEIVED

A TAX BREAK THAT HE REPAID

DURING HIS CAMPAIGN.

>> THEY APPEALED AN ASSESSMENT

AND GOT IT LOWERED BASED ON WHAT

SOME MIGHT REGARD AS

INAPPROPRIATE KIND OF CHANGES IN

THE HOUSE.

>> Reporter: TODD RICKETS IS THE

FINANCE CHAIR FOR THE REPUBLICAN

NATIONAL COMMITTEE AS WELL AS

THE TRUMP VICTORY COMMITTEE.

HIS SPOKESMAN SAYS, QUOTE,

RETAINED N ATTORNEY.

>> PEOPLE PAY MORE BECAUSE

PEOPLE PAY LESS.

YOU HAVE A PERSON WHO COULD

EASILY AFFORD TO PAY MORE.

>> ALTHOUGH TONIGHT THE ASSESS

SOAR SAYS THE INACCURATE DATA

EXISTED BECAUSE HIS OFFICE

WASN'T INFORMED OF THE WORK

PERMITS AND HIS ALSO IS ALSO

SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERSTAFFED.

UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE

RICKETS HOME IS EXPECTED WITHIN

THE WEEK AND HE HOPES TO BE

HIRING ADDITIONAL MANAGERS AND

UPDATING