In this Aug. 5, 2010 file photo, then-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., right, and his wife, then-Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, applaud as President Barack Obama is introduced at the Ford Motor Company Chicago Assembly Plant.
After months of rumors and reports, the federal charges against former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) and his wife, former Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson, became official on Friday.