Jesse Jackson Jr. Is "Candidate No. 5"

Jackson Is Unnamed Figure In Blagojevich Indictment, According To Attorney; Jackson Says He Is Not Target Of Investigation

(CBS/AP)  A lawyer for U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says the congressman is the "Senate Candidate 5" mentioned in the federal corruption complaint against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

The governor, a second-term Democrat, was arrested and accused of scheming to enrich himself by selling President-elect Barack Obama's open Senate seat for cash or a lucrative job for himself or his wife.

According to the 76-page federal complaint, Blagojevich "stated he might be able to cut a deal with Senate Candidate 5 that provided" the governor with something "tangible up front," presumably campaign money.

In an afternoon news conference Wednesday, Jackson said he did not approach the governor about an inappropriate deal or authorize an emissary to do so. He said that the U.S. attorney's office indicated to him Tuesday that he is "not a target of this investigation."

"I want to make this fact plan: I reject and denounce pay-to-play politics, and have no involvement whatsoever in any wrongdoing," Jackson said.

"I thought, mistakenly, that the process was fair," he said.

Jackson, a seven-term House member and son of civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, did not confirm that he is Candidate No. 5 during the press conference. He declined to take questions from the media on the advice of his attorney.

Jackson told reporters that he met with Blagojevich on Monday to discuss the position and present his qualifications in an appropriate way. He said he "thought that the governor was evaluating me fairly.”

Jackson learned he was mentioned in the complaint against Blagojevich the night before the governor's arrest on Tuesday, his attorney said.

On Oct. 31st, according to the complaint, Blagojevich indicated during a conversation that he had been approached by an emissary of Senate Candidate No. 5.

"We were approached 'pay to play,'" the governor allegedly said. "That, you know, he'd raise me 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made him a senator."

There is no independent evidence that Jackson or an emissary approached the governor about an improper deal, according to officials.

Jackson's Chicago-based lawyer, James D. Montgomery Sr., said, "politicians and fundraisers do some very strange things from time to time. I wouldn't put it past someone to be purporting to represent Jesse without authority."

[pugster]

Looks like this brother is loaded.

[mercurygrand]

Jackson Jr. busted!

[mrmeatspin]

THIS IS CHANGE WE CAN ALL BELIEVE IN..!!

[mrmeatspin]

did I overheard someone that ophra is retiring show business and getting into politics????????

and political office is for sale?? ophra with billions??

hummmm THIS IS CHANGE WE CAN ALL BELIEVE IN

[mrmeatspin]

Speaking of racist....


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Posted by demdump at 04:18 PM : Dec 10, 2008
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******RACISM ENDED WHEN OBAMA WAS ELECTED*****

What we are going to see NOW is REVERSE racism

[mrmeatspin]

Pelosi will be our savior.



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Posted by demdump at 04:19 PM : Dec 10, 2008
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PELOSI is too busy trying to impeach bush..WAIT!! is she still doing that?? OR.....OR.. she never really going to do that.??

ahh the DNC...the change we can all believe in..

[nikosk11]

Well, let us be fair. There are so many Republican crooks and some in jail that we must have a couple of Dems join in, to balance things out. After all we are a democracy. Right?

[mrmeatspin]

white folk is doomed in America....


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Posted by Hackerpc at 04:25 PM : Dec 10, 2008
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reverse racism begins.............. NOW

[mrmeatspin]

do we miss the republicans yet??

I will ask that question again in a year

[seriously121]

Come on guys give it a break!!! You know this stuff isn''t true. But you really want it to be!!!

[zykracosmos]

I am ashamed to admit that Obama will be our president.




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Posted by Joe10005 at 04:33 PM : Dec 10, 2008
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Oh get over it Joe.

[parrot2ok]

Well, let us be fair. There are so many Republican crooks and some in jail that we must have a couple of Dems join in, to balance things out. After all we are a democracy. Right?
Posted by nikosk11 at 04:23 PM : Dec 10, 2008



The Repug party that gave us Allen, Ney, Cunningham, Delay, Ravenel, Doolittle, Miller, Lewis, Renzi, Kott, Kohring, Vitter, Stevens, Foley, Tony Rudy, Buckham, Ring, Safavian, Libby, Norton, Foggo, Ted Haggard, Craig, Rosenthal, Richard Curtis, Bernard Kerik, Fred Thompson, Phillip Martin, Billy O''Reilly, Rush L, Newt G, Mark Sijander, Murkowski, Jim Clark, Goeglein, Sixto, A Jackson, Zirkle, C J Ward, Ullman, Vito Fossella, Charles R. Black, Jim Gibbons (NV), Sara ''Per-Diem on a Lipstick'' Palin and now Sam %u2018Joe the Plumber%u2019. DDump & Joe really should be ashamed of themselves. Cheers!

[netadmin1-2009]

I believe at this time - it really doesn''t matter who anyone voted for - Obama was elected and we, as Americans, need to support him as the leader of our country. Give him a chance - if he doesn''t do the job - we can try again in 4 years.

[dangyankee69]

Maybe Uncle Teddy needs to sit down wit his boy and splane to him how this stuff sposed to work. Cuz he may be POTUSE but he''s ac''in like a foo.

[dangyankee69]

The Repug party that gave us Allen, Ney, Cunningham, Delay, Ravenel, Doolittle, Miller, Lewis, Renzi, Kott, Kohring, Vitter, Stevens, Foley, Tony Rudy, Buckham, Ring, Safavian, Libby, Norton, Foggo, Ted Haggard, Craig, Rosenthal, Richard Curtis, Bernard Kerik, Fred Thompson, Phillip Martin, Billy O''''Reilly, Rush L, Newt G, Mark Sijander, Murkowski, Jim Clark, Goeglein, Sixto, A Jackson, Zirkle, C J Ward, Ullman, Vito Fossella, Charles R. Black, Jim Gibbons (NV), Sara ''''Per-Diem on a Lipstick'''' Palin and now Sam %u2018Joe the Plumber%u2019. DDump & Joe really should be ashamed of themselves. Cheers!

Amazing how hard they had to work to get even for Bubba "Sometimes a Smoke is just a smoke, and sometimes it''s more" Clinton.

[ddaryl1]

LMAO at the republicans who fail to admit all or even allow a look into all the skeletons in Bush and Cheney''s closet.

maybe there is no connections here, and if there was connections don''t you think they would have come out by now...

any way you slice it, a piece of dog poop on the bottom of your shoe is better then a republican. At least for thoise of us who''ve paid attention over the last 8 years, and the from 1980 - 1992

[dangyankee69]

any way you slice it, a piece of dog poop on the bottom of your shoe is better then a republican. At least for thoise of us who''''ve paid attention over the last 8 years, and the from 1980 - 1992

And you voted for "Poop on your Shoe", that''s a heck of a nickname for the leader of the free world. Thanks

[dave_p5]

I am ashamed to admit that Obama will be our president. ----------------------------------------
-------------- Posted by Joe10005

Um, guys...Blagojevich was dropping the f bomb on Obama because all he''d get from him was "appreciation". How is that Obama being involved in this? The FBI has been taping Blagojevich''s calls, I think we''d know by now if Obama was involved.

We''re going to do just fine with Obama as President, you''ll see.

[mytoosense]

I''m throwing a Bye Bye Bushit Bash in January.
I may need more than one Keg.

[gmony75052]

I am responding to Mrmeatspin,
Would love to meet you just to see if you can use the language in your post to my face or any African Americans face. Some of you are funny, you do not hesitate to use racist language in these posts but I would like to see how many of you have the guts to say it. No, you and those like you hide behind computers, hoods, whatever you want to call it. Hey you all got OJ so be happy about that . besides, Obama won fair which is more than I can say for Bush

[summarex]

I tend to trust Obama. But he seems to be handing over all the jobs to the old Clinton mafia and a few Chicago gangsters like that son of a TRUE terrorist Emmanuuel. I wonder if it might be better for everyone if Obama got caught up in this mess and was unable to assume office. Not sure.

[dangyankee69]

If Blago knew he was getting nothing from Obama, how did he know that unless someone from Obamas camp told him so.
Posted by CPelzar

Are you kidding? The chances are that Blago was told that what he was getting was the chance to rake it in on the appointment. Chicago Politics crooked? Since when? Oh Yeah since someone pinched the dang cow so they could claim the insurance money.

[biblethumpar]

CPelzar, where on this Story or the FBI website has it been said
Obama was arreested or inplicated in any way,
the Media would be all over it.....

[notblue]

This story is about a corrupt Democrat and all the bloggers at these posts can do is critisizers republicans! Typical!

[mercurygrand]

Jesse Jackson Jr. bag man will roll. Jesse Jackson Jr. should resign from office.

[rudy6543]

If Blago knew he was getting nothing from Obama, how did he know that unless someone from Obamas camp told him so.


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Posted by CPelzar at 04:57 PM

Who cares? Obama obviously wasn''t playing. Got a problem with that?

[likeitis5050]

To all of you that when faced with an Obama scandal bring up GW as your comeback, what you are saying is that Obama is no better.

I thought he was the one for "Change".


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Posted by CPelzar

They''re hoping and praying we buy that argument. They know better. It''s just that admitting they jumped on board a train wreck, after numerous warnings, is not something they can deal with right now. In a year or two when it''s apparent they they number in the millions of silly sheep, it won''t matter any more.

[nic1234567-2009]

Uh, I`m pretty sure that if Barry O. can`t make it on January 20th, the guy with the second-most votes wins!
That would be,
uh,
oh yeah...

John ''''McSame, McLame, McBush'''' McCain ! ! !

~ Yipee ~ Posted by DaVicar1

You would be wrong then. Section 3 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.

[hawksprings]

Now that these details have come out, I think in light of this situation, the right thing to do is to award this Senate Seat to Sarah Palin.
Poetic Justice and all.

[likeitis5050]

Posted by CPelzar at 04:57 PM

Who cares? Obama obviously wasn''''t playing. Got a problem with that?


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Posted by rudy6543

Aren''t you the same one who didn''t want to hear any kind of justification for anything regarding Bush...so stuff it. Learn to live with this kind of questioning...it''s going to be a long 4 years but eventually you''ll be sick of saying ''what ever'' and realize you''re one of 65 million idiots he conned.

[rudy6543]

Before 9/11 all the energy executives had a private meeting with Cheney. A meeting we haven''t been allowed access to even though it was done on our dime. But we know that Bush refused to step in when Enron decided to extort money. Cheney is in fact indicted, yet the major news organizations have said nothing. Strange that you ninnies want Obama to be guilty of something when you have enough scandal in your own back yard to deal with.

[rudy6543]

Posted by likeitis5050 at 05:10 PM

I am completely unaware of what you are talking about, nor do I understand the content of your post, at all.

[rudy6543]

You bedwetter neocons are so hoping this is a scandal about Obama. You are a desperate bunch, but you''re also unstable mentally.

[biblethumpar]

When a Democrat Behaves like a Republican,
time to clean house,
indict him..

[rudy6543]

Posted by CPelzar at 05:16 PM

Get real. They aren''t even friends.

[rudy6543]

Obamas list of friends is shrinking by each scandal that comes out.


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Posted by CPelzar at 05:18 PM

Wrong. This scandal has nothing to do with Obama, period.

[hawksprings]

"Obama surrounds himself with all of these questionable people and it is not rationale to think he know nothing about all of this. especially since your types think he the smartest person alive.
He could be the smartest dumb person if you consider he associates."
Posted by CPelzar

Obama''s either the most naive person on the planet or he''s lying.

[rudy6543]

Obama''''s either the most naive person on the planet or he''''s lying.


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Posted by HawkSprings at 05:21 PM

I think you are talking about Bush and 9/11.

[rudy6543]

Remember when they outed Valery Plame and Bush pretended not to know anything about it?

Was he the most ignorant person walking the earth or was he lying, or both?

[ericv2644]

I have every confidence in the Rep. Jessie Jackson Jr. despite his father being an xxxxxxx in trying to steal the lime light every chance he gets.

[rudy6543]

Posted by melnycgirl6 at 05:21 PM

Do your remember Palin claiming executive privilege as a Governor in order avoid a subpoena? I wonder why this crook couldn''t have done the same thing to avoid an arrest?

[hawksprings]

Wait til something bad about Michelle comes out.

Obama will say he never knew her.

[rudy6543]

Wait til something bad about Michelle comes out.

Posted by HawkSprings at 05:24 PM

Why wait? Just go to the toilet after she finishes.

[toolmangler-2009]

Obamas list of friends is shrinking by each scandal that comes out.
Posted by CPelzar at 05:18 PM



Only in your dreams, You Obama haters are the sickest of the Repugs.

[mtminds]

Jackson or Kennedy, why does "the" brand mean so much to fools?

[dave_p5]

"Now that these details have come out, I think in light of this situation, the right thing to do is to award this Senate Seat to Sarah Palin.
Poetic Justice and all." - HawkSprings

*GUFFAW* Better yet, let''s give it to Daffy Duck.

[ldvuong]

Politicians and lawyers, especially the Democrats, have problems with honesty. It is understandable. It is only the beginning, as Obama and those who for him are no angels either.

[kershaw_31]

Obamas list of friends is shrinking by each scandal that comes out.

Posted by CPelzar at 05:18 PM

You are obviously stupid and delusional. Pres-elect OBAMA had nothing to do with this. It amazes me how some of you people are not able to think logically. I actually hope and pray one day that most of Americans will learn to use just a little common sense that the Good Lord blessed us with. I am so glad that he won. I have no doubt that he will be one of our better presidents. (He definitely cannot do worse than the current POTUS - who probably should have been impeached).

[cpelzar--2008]

Denial is not a river in Egypt my friend.

[toolmangler-2009]

it''s going to be a long 4 years but eventually you''ll be sick of saying ''what ever'''' and realize you''re one of 65 million idiots he conned.

Posted by likeitis5050 at 05:10 PM : Dec 10, 2008




I tried for 7 months after 9/11/01 to justify Bushes actions since I voted for him the first time. Absolutely no way can you justify treason. Get over it and find someone you have checked out better that you did the shrub. I did, now let the man get into the white house before you start making up lies about him....