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Jesse Jackson Jr. Reportedly Set to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges, Could Do 4 Years in Prison

Feb. 15, 2013 2:20pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-Ill.), seen here with wife Sandi, is reportedly set to plead guilty to federal charges. (AP)

Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is set to plead guilty to federal charges and could spend about four years in prison, according to Politico.

The ex-Illinois Democratic congressman, who resigned his seat late last year after prolonged treatment for mental illness, has been the focus of a federal criminal probe into alleged misuse of campaign dollars. Citing a “source close to the case,” Politico reported Jackson “conspired with his wife to illegally spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses, including a $43,000 Rolex watch, home renovations, fur coats and a huge array of other transactions.”

He is expected to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy, making false statements, and mail and wire fraud, and prosecutors will recommend a prison sentence of between 46 and 57 months and a $10,000 to $100,000 fine.

The plea agreement could be filed as early as Friday, Politico and CBS Chicago reported.

Jackson’s wife, Sandi Jackson, who resigned her Chicago city council seat last month, is expected to plead guilty to a tax offense, according to Politico. The Chicago Sun-Times reported last week Sandi Jackson was feeling “like she was thrown under the bus” when the investigation into Jesse Jackson split into a separate probe of his wife.

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omgfolks
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 3:35pm
OH HAIL NO! You mean to tell me Jackson and his wife are criminal after all? For shame for shame for shame. Who would have thought that another brother gone bad. 4 year is all? What if this happend to say and average citizen? How many decades we they get?

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TheOnlyWatchman
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:02pm
The Jackson family is every bit as corrupt as the Obama family, maybe more so. The only differences between Jessie Jackson Jr. and Barack Obama are that Obama is not Black, and we don’t don’t even know where Obama’s family really is. The last time I checked, Obama was born of a family of Arab/African slave traders. So really, whose to know, whose to say?

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G-WHIZ
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 9:19am
Y’a-know… If he was a PROG, HE would have someone else do his time…of course he would be a victim!! The uncomstitutional/treasonous sennate-deals were pushed-off on Sennator James Trafficant and he was in jail for quite a few years, even though he was totally innocent. The LEGAL company he hired to do his home-landscaping HIRED A FEW ILLEGAL WORKERS which were told by the DNC to work at his place. The DNC/PROGS couldn’t let him continue to tell TRUTHS in the Sennate!! He was ruining the DNC/PROG-AGENDA!!

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nilo
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 8:29am
Like father, like son???

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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 9:24am
  Not entirely…His Ol’man would have denigh…denigh…denigh!! He would have made imself an instant-victim!! He would have scammed the prossecutor and the judge. He would have the OWS-mobs trash the entire downtown with million$$-dammage, murder, sex, drugs, VD and meyhem!!
  
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marybethelizabeth
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:04pm
The New York Times has a fairly complete list of Mr. Jackson’s purchases, because they report facts. Theblaze should look “facts” up in the dictionary.

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teddysswimcoach
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:33pm
Just another black punk

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Southernsoul
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:40pm
For some reason I just get this image of fruit falling near a tree. Can’t quite put my finger on it…

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foxrocks
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 5:59pm
Jessie Jackson had never had a real job……never will, same with his kids……

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woodyee
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 5:58pm
Four Years? Is that all?

What? Is the time he spent in the hospital feigning distress going to count as time served? How ridiculous! He is a REPRESENTATIVE, and his time in prison should be sufficient to serve as a detriment to other public figures, not as a pass.

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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on February 16, 2013 at 9:27am
  NO rep-of-the-public should be allowed to “run-out his/her service” from jail or prison!!
  
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foxrocks
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 5:58pm
Aww.. Poor Messy Jessie. He learned well from his daddy. These crooks need to be lifers. Nobody will touch Jessie sr. Somebody audit his rainbow, and his personal tax returns, nope. afraid of him, the chicago way…
I hope he goes to jail, but somehow, with barry, rham, and jessie, ain’t gonna happen….

Jessie should be known for dumbing down the black community, extortion, and is nothing more than a race card player.

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