Jesse Jackson Jr. told the media in December that he was not a target in the Blagojevich investigation:
It looks like Jesse may not have been entirely honest.
Today, Founding Bloggers and the Chicago Sun-Times are reporting that Jackson passed on information that he would raise $5 million in campaign cash for Blago if appointed to Obama’s open senate seat.
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s camp was told last year that U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) would raise up to $5 million in campaign cash for the ex-governor if he was appointed to President Obama’s U.S. Senate seat, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
The overture came from at least two members of the local Indian community who approached the Blagojevich fund-raising team last fall, sources say.
Besides the $5 million to be raised by Jackson, the proposal also included another $1 million for Blagojevich’s campaign fund that would come from Indian donors, sources say.
This is the first revelation that a proposal for the Jackson appointment involved an alleged promise that he’d raise campaign cash for the ex-governor.
You may want to rethink your future political career, Jesse.
It’s starting to look like you might be coming back to Illinois for awhile.
