Jesse Jackson Jr.

Unexplained $25,000 Hangs Over The Jackson Jr. Case

Eric Lach | February 22, 2013, 6:10AM

Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) walks to his car outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington D.C., Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013.

Meet "Person F."

In the real world, Person F has a real name, a real job, a real life. But in court papers filed over the past week, detailing the charges against former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), Person F is simply Person F.

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Jesse Jackson Jr.

What Did Jesse Jackson Jr. Spend All That Money On?

Eric Lach | February 20, 2013, 5:01PM

Update: February 20, 2013, 6:03 PM

The elk heads did him in.

On the same day that former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) and his wife, former Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the misuse of around $750,000 in campaign funds, prosecutors filed court papers offering more details about what the couple spent all that money on.

And from the looks of it, a couple of elk heads led to the downfall of the Illinois lawmaker who was once seen as a rising political star.

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Jackson's Guilty Plea: 'For Years I Lived Off My Campaign'

Eric Lach | February 20, 2013, 1:14PM

Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013.

Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) pleaded guilty Wednesday in a federal courtroom in Washington D.C. to charges stemming from his misuse of hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds.

"For years I lived off my campaign,"Jackson Jr. told the court, according to The Chicago Sun-Times. "I used money that should have been for campaign purposes for personal purposes."

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Report: Jackson Jr. Plea Deal Includes 'Significant Jail Time'

Eric Lach | February 7, 2013, 9:45AM

A plea deal now on the table between former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) and federal authorities includes "significant jail time," a source told The Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday.

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