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Saturday, February 16, 2013
Jesse Jackson Jr., Wife Agree To Plead Guilty
In a spectacular fall from political prominence, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife agreed Friday to plead guilty to federal charges growing out of what prosecutors said was a scheme to use $750,000 in campaign funds for lavish personal expenses, including a $43,000 gold watch and furs.
Federal prosecutors filed one charge of conspiracy against the former Chicago congressman and charged his ex-alderman wife, Sandra, with one count of filing false joint federal income tax returns for the years 2006 through 2011 that knowingly understated the income the couple received. Both agreed to plead guilty in deals with federal prosecutors.
Both face maximum penalties of several years in prison; he also faces hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and forfeitures. But the government did not immediately release the text of its plea agreements. Such agreements almost invariably call for prosecutors to recommend sentences below the maximum.
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9 comments:
Theft and deceit runs in the family.
It's a culture thing , they don't know what "right" is or what how to EARN a living.
NAACP embraces these people and excuses them for any unlawful acts.
The father ,jessie, is a thief and is seeking other unlawful means to gain more wealth. Don't you just love the direction this country is going.
Lock him and up and throw away the key
Had a real role model in his upbringing didn't he?
Agree with my republican friends, both of them are crooks and media whores.
Throw BOTH of them in jail. The "like father like son" is exactly true! Jackson and Sharpton should also be in jail, and never seen again!!
Some kinda leaders, huh?
The real shame is that there are those who will continue to support Jesse Sr., who while not able to keep his own family in order thinks he knows what's best for others.
Rev Al on the other hand (while I almost never agree with him) I do respect because will face his critics headon such as Bill O'Reilly. Jackson will never give an interview unless it's controlled by him.
Obama is very proud of the Jacksons they are Chicago Gangsters just like him
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