African American Pundit: Jessie Jackson, Jr. To Resign From Congress

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Jessie Jackson, Jr. To Resign From Congress

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-Ill. (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)

As reported by ABC News, Attorneys for the Justice Department and Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. are in talks about a possible deal regarding allegations of campaign finance violations, according to sources familiar with the investigation. Negotiations have been under way for some time.It is unclear whether the talks will result in a plea agreement, but sources say the talks could come to some conclusion soon.

Part of the investigation's focus is on whether Jackson improperly used campaign funds for personal purchases, including furnishings for his Washington, D.C., home. Investigators are also looking at allegations that Jackson bought a female friend a $40,000 Rolex watch. The investigation is being run by the FBI's Washington Field Office. Read More HERE

AAP says: I have been saying for some time that Jessie Jackson is a good man and a great legislator who has become misguided. There is more, as reported by NBC Chicago.com a supporter of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. on Thursday criticized the congressman's reported decision to seek a possible plea deal while running for re-election.

"To slap us in the face now, you just lied to us. You just lied to us. I feel so betrayed," Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) told NBC Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times gossip columnist Michael Sneed, citing an unnamed source, published word of the plea deal late Wednesday, and said Jackson may also have used campaign funds to buy a pricey watch for a female friend.

Austin said the voters to re-elected Jackson to represent Illinois' 2nd Congressional District deserve to know the truth.

NBC Chicago has been unable to confirm the report or reach Jackson's offices for comment.

Federal prosecutors in October launched a criminal investigation of Jackson, Jr. involving financial improprieties, including possible misuse of funds monitored by Congress to decorate his Washington, D.C. Home.

Jackson's attorneys have met with federal investigators, but a criminal defense attorney unrelated to the case said he doesn't think prosecutors cared about Tuesday's election.

"I don't know if they gave him a pass until after the election but then they're not going to rush because there is an election to charge somebody either," said attorney Steven Greenberg. "They charge you when they're good and ready to charge you."

Greenberg said that if Jackson is working on a plea deal, he likely would be unable to avoid prison time. Read more at: nbcchicago.com/blogs

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Alabama A&M University (Ala.), www.aamu.edu
Alabama State University (Ala.), www.alasu.edu
Albany State University (Ga.), www.asurams.edu
Alcorn State University (Miss.), www.alcorn.edu
Allen University (S.C.), www.allenuniversity.edu
Arkansas Baptist College (Ark.), www.arkansasbaptist.edu
Barber-Scotia College (N.C.), www.b-sc.edu
Benedict College (S.C.), www.benedict.edu
Bennett College (N.C.), www.bennett.edu
Bethune-Cookman College (Fla.), www.bethune.cookman.edu
Bishop State Community College (Ala.) www.bscc.cc.al.us
Bluefield State College (W.Va.), www.bluefield.wvnet.edu
Bowie State University (Md.), www.bowiestate.edu
Central State University (Ohio), www.centralstate.edu
Charles Drew University of Medicine (Calif.), www.cdrewu.edu
Cheyney University (Pa.), www.cheyney.edu
Chicago State University (Ill.) www.csu.edu
Claflin College (S.C.), www.claflin.edu
Clark Atlanta University (Ga.), www.cau.edu
Clinton Junior College (S.C.) www.clintonjrcollege.edu
Coahoma Community College (Miss.) www.ccc.cc.ms.us
Concordia College (Ala.) www.concordiaselma.edu
Coppin State College (Md.), www.coppin.edu
Delaware State University (Del.), www.desu.edu
Denmark Technical College (S.C.) www.denmarktech.edu
Dillard University (La.), www.dillard.edu
Edward Waters College (Fla.), www.ewc.edu
Elizabeth City State University (N.C.), www.ecsu.edu
Fayetteville State University (N.C.), www.uncfsu.edu
Fisk University (Tenn.), www.fisk.edu
Florida A&M University (Fla.), www.famu.edu
Florida Memorial College (Fla.), www.fmc.edu
Fort Valley State University (Ga.), www.fvsu.edu
Gadsden State Community College (Ala.) www.gadsdenstate.edu
Grambling State University (La.), www.gram.edu
Hampton University (Va.), www.hamptonu.edu
Harris-Stowe State College (Mo.), www.hssc.edu
Hinds Community College (Miss.) lrc.hindscc.edu
Howard University (D.C.), www.howard.edu
Huston-Tillotson College (Tex.), www.htc.edu
Interdenominational Theological Center (Ga.), www.itc.edu
J. F. Drake State Technical College (Ala.) www.dstc.cc.al.us
Jackson State University (Miss.), www.jsums.edu
Jarvis Christian College (Tex.), www.jarvis.edu
Johnson C. Smith University (N.C.), www.jcsu.edu
Kentucky State University (Ky.), www.kysu.edu
Knoxville College (Tenn.), www.knoxvillecollege.edu
Lane College (Tenn.), www.lanecollege.edu
Langston University (Okla.) www.lunet.edu
Lawson State Community College (Ala.) www.ls.cc.al.us
LeMoyne-Owen College (Tenn.), http://www.loc.edu
Lewis College of Business (Mich.), www.lewiscollege.edu
Lincoln University (Mo.), www.lincolnu.edu
Lincoln University (Pa.), www.lincoln.edu
Livingstone College (N.C.), www.livingstone.edu
Mary Holmes College (Miss.) www.maryholmes.edu
Meharry Medical College (Tenn.), www.mmc.edu
Miles College (Ala.), www.miles.edu
Mississippi Valley State University (Miss.), www.mvsu.edu
Morehouse College (Ga.), www.morehouse.edu
Morehouse School of Medicine (Ga.), www.msm.edu
Morgan State University (Md.), www.morgan.edu
Morris Brown College (Ga.) www.morrisbrown.edu
Morris College (S.C.), www.morris.edu
Norfolk State University (Va.), www.nsu.edu
North Carolina A&T State University (N.C.), www.ncat.edu
North Carolina Central University (N.C.), www.nccu.edu
Oakwood College (Ala.), www.oakwood.edu
Paine College (Ga.), www.paine.edu
Paul Quinn College (Tex.), www.pqc.edu
Philander Smith College (Ark.), www.philander.edu
Prairie View A&M University (Tex.), www.pvamu.edu
Rust College (Miss.), www.rustcollege.edu
Saint Augustine's College (N.C.), www.st-aug.edu
Saint Paul's College (Va.), www.saintpauls.edu
Saint Philip's College (Tex.) www.accd.edu/spc
Savannah State University (Ga.), www.savstate.edu
Selma University (Ala.) www.selmauniversity.org
Shaw University (N.C.), www.shawuniversity.edu
Shelton State Community College (Ala.) www.sheltonstate.edu
South Carolina State University (S.C.), www.scsu.edu
Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge (La.), www.subr.edu
Southern University, New Orleans (La.), www.suno.edu
Southern University, Shreveport (La.), www.susla.edu
Southwestern Christian College (Tex.), www.swcc.edu
Spelman College (Ga.), www.spelman.edu
Stillman College (Ala.), www.stillman.edu
Talladega College (Ala.), www.talladega.edu
Tennessee State University (Tenn.), www.tnstate.edu
Texas College (Tex.), www.texascollegeonline.net
Texas Southern University (Tex.), www.tsu.edu
Tougaloo College (Miss.), www.tougaloo.edu
Trenholm State Technical College (Ala.) www.trenholmtech.cc.al.us
Tuskegee University (Ala.), www.tuskegee.edu
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (Ark.), www.uapb.edu
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (Md.), www.umes.edu
University of the District of Columbia (D.C.), www.udc.edu
University of the Virgin Islands (V.I.), www.uvi.edu
Virginia State University (Va.), www.vsu.edu
Virginia Union University (Va.), www.vuu.edu
Virginia University of Lynchburg www.vul.edu
Voorhees College (S.C.), www.voorhees.edu
West Virginia State University (W.Va.), www.wvstateu.edu
Wilberforce University (Ohio), www.wilberforce.edu
Wiley College (Tex.), www.wileyc.edu
Winston-Salem State University (N.C.), www.wssu.edu
Xavier University of Louisiana (La.), www.xula.edu

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