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Jesse Jackson Jr. could face 5-year prison term for misusing funds
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) could spend nearly five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges including wire fraud, mail fraud and lying to investigators of using $750,000 in campaign funds for personal gain. WMAQ-TV reported on Wednesday that Jackson accepted and filed a plea bargain agreement last…
Ex-lawmaker Jesse Jackson Jr could face up to 57 months in prison
US prosecutors filed fraud and conspiracy charges against former US congressman Jesse Jackson Jr, who stands accused of diverting $750,000 of campaign funds for his personal use. Related to the investigation into Jackson’s misuse of funds, his wife Sandra Jackson was charged with submitting false tax returns, according to documents…
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to take plea deal on campaign finance charges
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) is entering a guilty plea to charges that he illegally spent campaign money. According to NBC News, a source close to the case said that Jackson has signed papers in a plea deal with federal prosecutors. In the papers, Jackson, son of fiery civil…
Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns from Congress
Update below: Jackson Jr. officially resigns The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that, according to his brother, Jesse Jackson Jr. would be resigning “momentarily” from Congress. Though Jackson Jr. himself did not confirm his departure to the newspaper, he has undergone treatment over the past few months at the Mayo Clinic…
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s wife says he was ‘debilitated by depression’
The wife of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) opened up for the first time about the mysterious and sudden withdrawal of her husband from public life, saying that he suffered from severe depression but that he did not, as some speculated, attempt suicide. In an exclusive interview with the Chicago…
Sources: Jesse Jackson Jr. in treatment for alcoholism
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…
GOP rejects resolution condemning Perry for ‘N*ggerhead’ slur
House Republicans voted Thursday to set aside a resolution calling on Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry to apologize for leasing a hunting ranch called “Niggerhead.” The resolution offered by Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) also called on other Republican presidential candidates to condemn the word, and it asked Perry to…
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