HUFFINGTON POST: The federal investigation into U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s campaign finances has reportedly expanded to include Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson, Jackson’s wife.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Sandi has become a subject in the congressman’s ongoing plea negotiations. Sources familiar with the case told the Journal that investigators are looking into whether Sandi was complicit in the alleged misuse of campaign dollars to decorate the Jacksons’ Washington, D.C. home.
Meanwhile, prominent Chicago Democrats are losing patience with Jackson as he has maintained his silence amid the ongoing controversy. At an unrelated press conference Monday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel urged Jackson to address the constituents who handily reelected him in the election Tuesday, one day before news of the plea talks first broke… (more)
