Come On, Jessie, Preach How Nothing Would Happen If They Were White.

 

Prospect of prison looms for ex-congressman, wife

By MICHAEL TARM and PETE YOST | Associated Press – 6 hrs ago

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  View PhotoAssociated Press/M. Spencer Green, File - FILE - In this March 20, 2012, file photo taken in Chicago, then-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. speaks at a Democratic primary election night party. The former and …more  his wife Sandra were charged Feb. 15, 2013, with spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)   

 

CHICAGO (AP) — The prospect of prison looms over former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife after they agreed to plead guilty to charges in an alleged scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items — including furs, a gold watch, a football signed by U.S. presidents and even a hat once owned by Michael Jackson.