Waiting for PETA to start protesting Jackson.
Still waiting ... I hear crickets ...
Posted on 03/12/2013 3:44:32 AM PDT by Libloather
Reviewing the charging documents in the case against former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., D-Ill., it is impossible not to wonder how he got away with stealing his campaign funds for so long. For a period of at least seven years, Jackson misused his campaign funds to buy personal items, including a $40,000 Rolex watch, mink capes, mounted elk heads and Michael Jackson memorabilia, among other things.
Part of the problem is that since 2001, the Federal Election Commission — the agency charged with monitoring campaign finances — has specifically permitted candidates to use campaign funds to pay family members. What led the FEC to countenance this? Ironically enough, it was a request Jackson made.
In June 2001, Jackson sought a legal opinion from the FEC as to whether he could hire his wife, Sandi Jackson, as a consultant to provide fundraising and administrative support.
(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...
A mink cape?
Sounds like something out of a Blacksploitation film of the 70’s
I am not surprised that it took so long to catch Jackson, I am surprised that they caught him at all.
Is anyone really stupid enough to believe this is not a normal practice for politicians?
I will say this. This was the most amateur effort I’ve seen, and this guy really didn’t didn’t know the proper way of handling all that “loot”. There are a hundred ways of properly handling campaign funds and buying booze, women, and luxury items....he simply picked the ways to get caught easily.
Every race pimp needs a mink cape, Rolex and Cadillac Eldorado. I don’t see where the elk head fits in tho...
Scores are never left unsettled in Chicago.
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