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Feds lay out funds misuse case against Jesse Jackson Jr.
[Updated 8:20 p.m: To clarify the nature of the filed court document]
Federal prosecutors Friday filed felony charges against former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., alleging the illegal misuse of about $750,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses and gifts.
The formal charges of conspiracy, making false statements, and mail and wire fraud, were made public in federal court only days after Jackson had signed a plea deal with prosecutors who were investigating potential financial improprieties.
After the charges were filed Friday, Jackson issued a statement accepting responsibility for making mistakes and bad decisions. He did not dispute prosecutors' allegations.
[Original post, 4:05 p.m.]
Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and a co-conspirator have admitted to concealing about $750,000 in campaign funds for their personal use, according to a plea deal filed in federal court Friday.
Jackson, D-Illinois, admitted to conspiracy and other charges related to the misappropriated campaign funds, according to the court documents.
CNN reported last week that Jackson had signed a plea deal with prosecutors investigating potential financial improprieties, but the details of the alleged improprieties weren't then available.
Jackson, who represented Illinois' 2nd Congressional District beginning in 1995, resigned in late November after winning election to a tenth term in the House. He had not been seen in Washington or his district since last spring, and his office slowly revealed that he was receiving treatment for a mood disorder, depression and gastrointestinal issues at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
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Are we really surprised? If you are, you need to rethink who you trust in politics.
Typical...
Like father, like son. Remember the 10 million that disappeared from the Rainbow coalition?
hahaha sounds about right. When are they going to expose every single other politicians corrupt secrets?
Yeah.... can't help but think that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree – and at least one of those apples is rotten!
put him in jail already
Nooo! Such a sad ending.
it be the white devils fault!
He probably found out he was being investigated and started feeling depressed. I feel sorry for his dad.
They say guilt will eat you from the inside out. Case in point.
How much time will Junior spend in jail ? In Philadelphia they just tried 7 mobsters n none of them were making $750,000. Feds were looking to put them away for 20 years. Junior will not do 20 days in jail. Why weren't they charge with RICO crimes ? What a joke our government is when it comes to putting criminals away.
I don't know. I feel we may actually see a politician who is going to pay for his crimes. At least I hope so. We don't need anything encouraging more of this kind of behavior, and with our incredibly illogical campaign finance laws, there is so much money out there to tempt the next candidate.
just like dear old dad and big al sharpton
750.000 that a lot of money,this guy already has a grest job and then he steal that much money, all i can say is
eighteen months in jail and pay all the money back would be the right thing to do and im a black democraft.
This is the guy who Blagojevic had chosen to replace Obama as it was breaking for the pay for play scheme for selection to his Senate seat. At the time, didn't he insist that while Bllago had asked for a large campaign donation, he merely stated that he would look into a possible fundraiser for him ..... then suddenly came down with a mysterious illness that kept him from his Senate seat from May until after Election day. Sounds like a case of gray bar fever, CLANG!
Apple doesn't fall far from the tree, does it?
does one get prison time for such a small mishap ?