The Justice Department filed fraud and conspiracy charges on Friday against former Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr., saying that he used about $750,000 in campaign money for personal expenses that included a Michael Jackson fedora and cashmere capes. The 10-page document filed in federal court by prosecutors in Washington offered details of Mr. Jackson’s use of campaign […]
Friday, former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. agreed to plead guilty to charges of misusing campaign funds. The plea is seen as an apparent bid to an end a federal investigation that threatens to also implicate his wife, former Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson. According to the Daily Beast, both had left their offices in recent months, reportedly as part […]
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. is under heavy investigation for alleged misuse of federal funds. Now his wife, alderman Sandi Jackson is said to be in the mix after claims arose that she used campaign money to decorate their home. Wall Street Journal Reports: The investigation of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. for possible misuse of campaign […]
Controversy continues to follow congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. in the middle of his federal case. While he was re-elected with 63% of the votes, Jackson, who was first elected to Congress in 1995, is being investigated for using federal funds for personal use. He’s currently working out a plea deal that may involve jail time. […]
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) — who won reelection Tuesday night with 64 percent of the vote — is discussing a possible plea deal with the Justice Department regarding the misuse of campaign funds, according to Chicago-area news sources. Jackson, who has checked himself back into the Mayo Clinic following outpatient treatment in Washington, is […]
Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been on a hushed medical leave for more than three months, has put his home in Washington on the market for $2.5 million to help pay for health care costs, an aide said Wednesday. Jackson’s medical treatment for bipolar disorder and gastrointestinal issues included several weeks of hospitalization at the […]
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has returned to his home in Washington after treatment for depression at Mayo Clinic, Jackson’s chief of staff in suburban Chicago said Friday. “He’s at home in Washington convalescing with his wife and children,” Jackson aide Rick Bryant said. “Let’s hope he returns to work on Monday.” Congress goes back […]
A lot of speculation and rumors have surrounded the recent medical leave of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. who is currently being treated for depression and gastrointestinal issues at the Mayo Clinic in Minn. His father, Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke with Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to provide the facts of his son’s […]
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who defeated a primary challenge this year despite being the target of a House ethics investigation, has been on a medical leave for two weeks and is being treated for exhaustion, his office announced Monday. In a three-sentence news release, Jackson’s office revealed that the Democrat went on leave June […]
CHICAGO — At the brink of the tumultuous fall of former Chicago governor Rep. Rod Blagojevich, Javier E. David from The Grio poses the question of whether Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. can overcome his host of scandals, including the initial accusation that he offered Blagojevich money for former Sen. Barack Obama’s congress seat and his […]
CHICAGO — Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says he’s a “public servant” not a “perfect servant.”
It’s a story as old as time: adultery, anguish and atonement. Last Tuesday, when news broke of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s extramarital relationship with a blond nightclub hostess — kryptonite in the world of the African-American woman — his wife, Ald. Sandi Jackson, inserted a little laughter into the public disclosure.
