Posted on 08/16/2013 4:24:30 PM PDT by South40
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) - Many people say the federal crimes committed by former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, former Chicago alderman Sandi Jackson are the latest examples of corruption in our state.
Jackson Jr. will serve 30 months behind bars and remain on probation for three additional years. After her husband serves his time, Sandi Jackson will go to jail for 12 months without a chance for less time for good behavior. She was ordered to pay $22,000 in restitution and serve 200 hours of community service.
The former congressman plead guilty to spending $750,000 in campaign funds on extravagant personal items - like a $43,350 gold-plated men's Rolex watch. His wife plead guilty to filing a false tax return, since she failed to report $600,000 in income that the couple earned between 2005 and 2011. She was also her husband's campaign treasurer.
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LMBO!!
Jackson simply got reckless. He thought he was invincible. The smart mobsters like Emanuel, Capone, and Ubama could never be nailed for anything (although the feds did get creative with Capone and finally nailed him on a flimsy, never-before-enforced “tax evasion” charge, lol).
Like Capone, his Chicago mob descendants Emanuel and Ubama will probably spend their last days poolside in Florida, dying from some STD or another.
Then there's Chicago and Cook County; these fiefdoms of Democrat rule are a world of corruption unto themselves. I understand the just acquired [by FedGov] Thompson Correctional Facility needs filling. I don't think it's big enough for all of the corrupt politicians, lawyers, and judges in IL.
Who, on the Left, decided to sacrifice JJ Jr. up like this? I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why we aren’t hearing the call of “RACISM” from every source for the railroading of this poor man...
Illinois’ impage shouldn’t have been tainted. The image of Democrats should have been tainted. Within the past 20 years, three democrat Illinois congressmen, Dan Rostinkowski, Mel Reynolds, and Jesse Jackson, Jr., have been arrested. During that time, no republican Illinois congressmen have been arrested.
“Illinois image tainted by Jackson crimes” and the clown is a racist LoL!!!!!!
Welcome to Massivetwosh*ts.
Illinois’ a cesspool. It’s like a large version of Detroit.
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