Jesse Jackson Jr. & Wife Brought Up on Federal Charges
AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was charged Friday with scheming to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. His wife was charged with filing false income tax forms.
Federal prosecutors filed a charge of conspiracy against the former congressman and charged his wife, Sandra, with one count of filing false joint federal income tax returns for the years 2006 through 2011. Both agreed to plead guilty in plea deals with federal prosecutors.
The charges represent a dramatic fall from political prominence for the couple. The son of a famed civil rights leader, Jackson entered Congress in 1995 and resigned last November. Sandi, as she’s known, was a Chicago alderman, but resigned last month.
In a statement, the ex-congressman said, “I offer no excuses for my conduct, and I fully accept my responsibility for the improper decisions and mistakes I have made.”
Jesse Jackson Jr.’s spending included $43,350 on a gold-plated, men’s Rolex watch and $9,587.64 on children’s furniture, according to court papers filed in the case.
“Defendant Jesse L. Jackson Jr., willingly and knowingly, used approximately $750,000 from the campaign’s accounts for personal expenses” that benefited him and his co-conspirator, who was not named in the one-count criminal information filed in the case. The filing of a criminal information, rather than an indictment, ordinarily signifies that a defendant is preparing to plead guilty.
Tom Kirsch, an attorney for Jackson’s wife says she has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors and would plead guilty to one tax count.
The charge against Sandi Jackson carries a maximum of three-year prison sentence. But Kirsch says the agreement “does not contemplate a sentence of that length.”
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Comments (40)
MNYukon
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 10:26amThey have to be distant relatives of Obamas, Charlie Rangle, Maxine Waters, Shiela Jackson Lee and others – sucking on the t_ _t of government.
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horseman43
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:01pm“I offer no excuses for my conduct.”
Good.
Now do your time like a good boy and maybe you can get married again while you’re in the slammer.
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:18pmOne of obama’s home boys ! He will Pardon them at the appropriate time. In no time he will be back in Congress telling us how we should run our lives.
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Dushman Kush
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 10:03amIf only this unfortunate Senator’s father had not threatened to castrate our Leader…..
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AnAmerican111
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 9:42amLike father like son.
Jess Jackson and his pathetic son are plain old criminals
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LOJ
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 9:34amThe politicians never cease to amaze us…they think they are above the rest of the people in the country…they should serve us, not the other way around. Culture of Corruption….they are not fit to serve the people.
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WP45
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 9:17amAnother fine journalistic slap it together peice. And I quote from the article; “Jesse Jackson Jr.’s spending included $43,350 on a gold-plated, men’s Rolex watch”…Golly, I wonder what a real gold one would cost? Of course it’s solid gold and not gold plated.
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Seede
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 8:31amHe was born and raised with a shake down artist as his mentor. What else is to be expected from that bunch. There aren’t enough lawyers in the country to clean up that DC gang and even if there were who would clean up the lawyer mess that works for the DC gang? Either we move on out or burn the roaches.
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blackfeather
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 7:59amnow how about ovomit and moochelle??????????
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leary1
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 7:32amFINALLY, Now it is time to clean up the rest of the obama cronies. I am quite sure without to much digging, more friends, associates and dumocrat reps for obama could be prosecuted!! LETS START WITH REID, PELOSI,HOLDER,GEITNER,JARRET, OBAMA AND THE LIST GOES ON
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Maidoff101
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 6:51amHe will pay his fine, do a little time in a Country club, and Run for some other office in Illinos, or Chicago, and the LIV’S (low info voters) with a little help from the Corrupt Dem machine, and some useful Idiots in the media They will elect him again.
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kalayaan
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:41amA crook son of a big-time crook?…or just a crook husband and wife?…what a team…
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GrumpyCat
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 12:47amExplains his “illness”.
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oneshiner
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 12:33amHis daddy taught him everything he knows….
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ODB1111
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 11:53pmDang, I’d be perp walked and on the news at 6. Gotta love chicago
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deiernhart8
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 10:27pmI congratulate the DNC, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, Tavis Smiley, Bill Moyers, Rachel & Chris, NYTimes, LA Times, Newsweek, Time, Yahoo, Google, MSN, Bing, DailyKos………
……For keeping the Jesse Jackson, Jr. s a Thief, #$%$, Liar, and Ostructed Justice while holding elected office as a Democrat….until after the election.
Darn, you guys are good…Benghazi, youtube video director locked up asap & sentenced day after election, Petraeus story comes out days after election in time to postpone his congressional hearing, unemployment numbers fixed to reality after election, inflation #’s, gas prices up again after election, oh yeah, taxes are going up – way up – news after election, Hillary gets sick asap, then recovers asap, in time to stall her congressional hearing & time for her to practice indignation for the camera….and now, this…
Schwew….democrats, I always give you one thing: you guys know how to cheat, twist, and cajole the news to your advantage better than the GOP. Gotta hand it to you.
Jesse Jackson, Jr., (so if you’re wondering why people doubt HIllary’s illness, see JJ Jr. and his Mayo Clinic stays, yeah, right)….pleads guilty, and drags wife down with him…..wow, what a gentleman!
Democrats tricks and money laundering and graft in Chicago! Rahm Emmanuel did not know about it, Dad did not know about it, old pal Obama did not know about it! Ha ha…
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wallawalla
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 7:39amYou are good. Loved reading ypour comments.
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wallawalla
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 7:39amYou are good. loved reading your comments.
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JoeBidumb
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 10:01pmThey do it the Chicago way. Where is Melvin Purvis when you need him?
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redbanshee157
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:54pmThe investigation should be broaden to include his father, who surely gave him fatherly advice.
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shorelineliz
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:46pmJust give him and his honey a little slap on the wrist and send them home. Everybody does it so why shouldn’t they do it.? what did you say Mom? If everybody jumped off a bridge would I? well, no, but. huh mom? Don’t say stupid stuff like that? Okay.
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Max jones
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:41pmWho is surprised?….he was elected by people who do this type of thing every day. There is not a more corrupt and dishonest culture in the whole world as liberal black politicians….every one of them……If you think I am wrong about that, list a few that are on the up and up….please….save me from sounding like a dam racist. Somebody please!!!
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thereyougoagain
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 6:31amThe “color of the progressive” is not related to their lack of morals; they all share a common problem!
Progressives believe whatever is “good for them” cannot possibly be wrong regardless of the resulting damage to others!
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ElDeVerde
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:24pmThe nut doesn’t fall far from the tree. His maybe legitimate daddy, Jesus, is as crooked as a snake and has been since he helped engineer getting rid of MLK. The whole Jackson bunch, Michael included, are a bunch of putos y putas.
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DoOrDie
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:14pmThis plea bargaining bulls**t has to stop. All it does is release criminals back onto the streets where they don’t belong. They never end up serving the sentence they deserve, just like the worthless POS Jesse Jackson Jr.
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gmoss
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:12pmWhat the hell is going on dont they know he is black and a dem, they cant be punished. Besides its his dads fault, growing up seeing all the stealing daddy done did he thought it was just normal.
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HOOT_OWL
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 9:02pmWell that explains the meltdown. It seems he though the color of skin gave him a get out jail free card. Now Its Pops turn.
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OldSurfRat
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:43pmJackson and charges in the same sentence.
Sweet music to my ears.
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teddysswimcoach
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:27pmThe fruit didn’t fall far from THAT tree…both typical Chicago punks.
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The Bagginator
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:57pmA chip off the ol’ block. Right, Jesse? Right, Jesse Jr?
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woodyee
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:56pm“Jesse Jackson Jr. & Wife Brought Up on Federal Charges”
In the words of Jackazz Jackson, Sr. – “YASSUH!!!”
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