Well, well, well, lookee what we have here. It seems that yet another federal investigation has been launched and is currently underway, with it delving into Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s peculiar financial practices of Mr. Jackson and alleging that the Illinois congressman misused campaign funds to redecorate the inside of his Washington, D.C. home. Three weeks before the election, the feds also are looking into whether Jackson Jr. used money from his House spending account to pay for the home decor, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Jackson family briefly put the D.C. home on the market last month for $2.5 million. At the time, a family spokesman said they considered selling the home to pay for healthcare costs linked to Jackson's supposed bi-polar disorder treatment. Jackson Jr. went on medical leave from his political post in Chicago on June 10. Few details were released until his office finally confirmed in August Jackson had been receiving treatment for, of all things, depression. If he is actually suffering from depression might it stem from having been caught with is hand in the cookie jar?
This new probe is unrelated to allegations Jackson tried to cut a deal with former Gov. Rod Blagojevich to take now-President Barry "Almighty's" former Senate seat. Those claims are under review by a House Ethics Committee. As question swirl about whether Jackson Jr. could be indicted before the November election, the WSJ reports Jackson's lawyers "sought assurances from senior justice department officials" that he would not be indicted before the election. Those officials would not make those assurances, the paper reports.
Apparently Jackson's name remains on the Nov. 6 ballot in the 2nd Congressional District. His wife, Ald. Sandi Jackson, said this month she wasn't sure when her husband would return. Now isn't that convenient? "I believe at some point in time he will come back," Ald. Jackson told reporters. "I don't know whether that will be before the election or after the election, but whenever that happens, we will welcome him." So what, he plans on staying holed up until after the election? Just how stupid are the folks that make up his district, I wonder.
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