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Sources: Jesse Jackson Jr. in treatment for alcoholism

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL). Photo: Screenshot via CSPAN.

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s strange absence from Congress is due to clinical depression and a stay in an Arizona substance abuse clinic, where he was being treated for alcoholism, NBC’s Nightly News reported on Wednesday night. Speculation has swirled in recent weeks that marital problems and stress from a congressional ethics…

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Blagojevich heads to jail for corruption

Rod Blagojevich via YouTube screenshot

CHICAGO — Ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich reports to prison on Thursday to serve a 14 year sentence for trying to auction off President Barack Obama’s vacated US Senate seat and a host of other corruption charges. The Democratic governor was arrested in the midst of what prosecutors called a…

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Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years in prison

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Image via AFP.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for trying to sell the Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama. Before the verdict, Blagojevich admitted to U.S. District Judge James Zagel that he was guilty, according to The Chicago Sun Times. “I never set out…

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