Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty to conspiracy charge
By The Associated Press
This article was published February 20, 2013 at 11:03 a.m.
PHOTO BY AP PHOTO/EVAN VUCCI
Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Jackson and his wife were to appear in federal court to answer criminal charges that they engaged in an alleged scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items.
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WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court to criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items.
Both the former Illinois congressman and his wife, Sandra, had agreed to plead guilty in deals with federal prosecutors. Jackson’s guilty plea was to a conspiracy charge.
His wife was due in court later on a charge of filing false joint federal income tax returns for the years 2006 through 2011 that knowingly understated the income the couple received. The Jacksons were appearing separately before U.S. District Judge Robert L. Wilkins.
Both Jackson and his wife face maximum penalties of several years in prison; he also faces hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and forfeitures.
Read more in Thursday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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RZRBKINTXS says... February 20, 2013 at 11:49 a.m.
Don't worry, Dems. He's still perfectly electable by liberal standards.
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drs01 says... February 20, 2013 at 1:36 p.m.
like father...like son....only son isn't as cunning or smart as dad who was able to keep his "girlfriend" on the $$$$$ from the poor blacks who supported his rainbow scam.
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