Posted on 02/15/2013 4:01:13 PM PST by libstripper
Federal officials filed charges Friday against Jesse Jackson Jr. after the former congressman reportedly signed a plea deal for allegedly improperly spending hundreds of thousands in campaign funds.
The paperwork was filed at the U.S District Courthouse in Washington. Jackson, who left the public eye last summer for treatment of bi-polar disorder and resigned from office in November, is not expected to make an appearance, but he offered a response in his first statement to the public in months.
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.nbcnews.com ...
NBCChicago reported last week that Jackson will plead guilty as part of his plea deal, and jail time would be in the hands of a federal judge who has not yet been assigned. Converting campaign contributions for personal use is strictly prohibited by federal law and opens Jackson up to “not more than 5 years” in prison.
Prosecutors will recommend a prison sentence for between 46 and 57 months plus fines, according to reports.(My emphasis)
Jackson's wife, former Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson, has also been charged with falsifying her tax returns and reporting less income than she made.>/i>
This story itself is interesting enough. What's more interesting, that I've not read about (in spite of trying), is why the Regime even brought these charges in the first place, when the Illegal is happy to ignore and even participate in worse conduct himself. Must be some really bad blood between him and the JJ Family. Anybody here have any clues?
These racists need to knock that crap off right now /s.
$750,000 in campaign funds stolen is new record. Most I hear is $10,000 here and $20,000 there. The guy and his wife are psychos.
He spent some on fur capes... like a Rick James wannanee or 70’s pimp
i am sure white people somewhere are to blame for this. /s
Did they mention his party affiliation or his race anywhere in this story?
I didn’t think so.
I’ll be back later to collect the free beers I should be getting for saying he’s going to do time over this. It may not be hard time, but I still say he’s going to jail. It may be a condition of not putting his wife there too.
Musta bee some latent white gene in his DNA that made him do it
Put this moron on the ballot again in his district and he still would win. Easily.
Who should replace ex-Rep. Jackson? I hope that Dr. Eric Wallace will win.
According to federal charges filed Friday, the former congressman spent thousands of campaign dollars on fan memorabilia including $4,600 on a Michael Jackson fedora and $4,000 on a Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen guitar.
Those items are on a list filed in court of MLK, Bruce Lee and Michael Jackson memorabilia he allegedly purchased with campaign money. Also on the list is an $800 mink cashmere cape and $1,200 reversible mink parka.
Full list:
Bruce Lee memorabilia: $2,000
Bruce Lee memorabilia: $2,000
Bruce Lee memorabilia: $3,150
Martin Luther King Jr. memorabilia: $5,595
Bruce Lee memorabilia: $2,955
Martin Luther King Jr. memorabilia: $5,535
p> Fooball signed by American presidents: $5,000
Michael Jackson memorabilia: $2,000
Michael Jackson memorabilia: $4,600
Michael Jackson memorabilia: $1,400
Michael Jackson memorabilia: $2,000
Michael Jackson memorabilia: $1,000
Michael Jackson memorabilia: $1,200
Michael Jackson memorabilia: $1,000
Michael Jackson memorabilia: $1,000
Michael Jackson hat: $3,900
Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen guitar: $4,000
Malcom X memorabilia: $2,200
Jimi Hendrix memorabilia: $2,775
Michael Jackson Fedora: $4,600
Mink cashmere cap: $800
Black and red cashmere cape: $1,500
Mink reversible parka: $1,200
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/How-Jesse-Jackson-Jr-Spent-His-Money-Feds-191454931.html#ixzz2L12mEIVc
Why a rich man would steal money and destroy himself to acquire that kinid of trash is beyond me, unless he, himself, is also trash, which he and his father are.
The black Al Capone.
Finally, the cause of his undefinable medical problem comes to light.
Jazzy Jettson jewnyer. They’d elect him in his grave.
A Democrat, taking someone else’s money..WOW who didn’t see this one coming/sarc
Jesse Jackson Jr. was a crook all along? Oh no! The scales are falling from my eyes!
Sadly, you are right. The most shocking part of this story is that he actually resigned his seat. No telling why he did.
He won’t be tried at all since this is part of a plea deal and the court is in Washington, D.C. Now he’s waiting for a judge to sentence him and the U.S. Attorney’s office is asking for a sentence between 46 and 57 moknths. Looks like he may actually go down and serve some real time, his wife, too. All of that raises the question, “Who did he PO and why?”
As to your "?s" they are good ones.
He should call them reparations. He’s been a victim his whole life because of his skin color and this helps mitigate the oppression he has suffered.
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