The gruesome parcel was addressed to the club's owner, Tom Ricketts, CNN affiliate WBBM reported.

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"I certainly applaud her actions, " he said of Madigan in a December 13 press conference, according to WBBM.

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"The evidence that's been presented is pretty appalling, should that come out to be the case of what our governor is attempting to do, " he said, according to WBBM.

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