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Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15, 2012 (Photo by ABACAUSA.COM)
CHICAGO (CBS) – Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is resigning from Congress today, CBS 2 has learned.
He notified staff, supporters and some lawmakers this afternoon, citing health reasons. His resignation letter has been sent to House Speaker John Boehner.
The decision came following two weeks of mounting calls for him to come clean with voters, following our revelations that former U.S. Attorney Dan Webb was involved in plea bargaining with authorities who’d been investigating Jackson’s alleged misuse of campaign funds.
Though for several weeks now, it has no longer been a matter of if he would resign, but when.
Those who’ve met and spoken with Jackson recently said the congressman was nowhere near ready to return to work now.
And there were serious doubts that, given his bipolar disorder, diagnosed by the Mayo Clinic this summer, he would ever be ready to subject himself to the stresses and pressure of elected office.
Jackson was in an undisclosed location, but not in Chicago nor Washington, with a relative.
Any plea agreement, negotiated by Webb and other Washington lawyers, is expected to include resignation and repayment of campaign funds spent for personal use.
At least some jail time would appear likely.
There’s no word yet on whether that might either include or be replaced by hospitalization for a condition known to cause the kind of behavior that triggered the scrutiny of both his official duties and personal life, including improper, irrational spending and risky sexual misconduct.
Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15, 2012 (Photo by ABACAUSA.COM)
CHICAGO (CBS) – Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is resigning from Congress today, CBS 2 has learned.
He notified staff, supporters and some lawmakers this afternoon, citing health reasons. His resignation letter has been sent to House Speaker John Boehner.
The decision came following two weeks of mounting calls for him to come clean with voters, following our revelations that former U.S. Attorney Dan Webb was involved in plea bargaining with authorities who’d been investigating Jackson’s alleged misuse of campaign funds.
Though for several weeks now, it has no longer been a matter of if he would resign, but when.
Those who’ve met and spoken with Jackson recently said the congressman was nowhere near ready to return to work now.
And there were serious doubts that, given his bipolar disorder, diagnosed by the Mayo Clinic this summer, he would ever be ready to subject himself to the stresses and pressure of elected office.
Jackson was in an undisclosed location, but not in Chicago nor Washington, with a relative.
Any plea agreement, negotiated by Webb and other Washington lawyers, is expected to include resignation and repayment of campaign funds spent for personal use.
At least some jail time would appear likely.
There’s no word yet on whether that might either include or be replaced by hospitalization for a condition known to cause the kind of behavior that triggered the scrutiny of both his official duties and personal life, including improper, irrational spending and risky sexual misconduct.
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