Dan Riehl
Riehl World View
10/12/2012
It looks as though his absence reportedly due to bi-polar disorder may have also been a bit convenient. This doesn’t involve previous allegations of his buying his seat from Blagojevich. Nice Friday night news dump.
Federal prosecutors and FBI agents in Washington have launched a new criminal investigation of Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. involving alleged financial improprieties, including possible misuse of funds monitored by Congress, law enforcement sources tell NBC News.
The probe prompted lawyers for Jackson — who has been on a leave of absence from Congress since June for medical treatment — to meet with federal prosecutors this week in an attempt to persuade them not to bring charges against the congressman, sources said…
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