WASHINGTON - Former Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., 47, pled guilty today to conspiring to defraud his re-election campaigns of about $750,000 in funds that were used to pay for a range of personal items and expenses, including jewelry, fur capes and parkas, high-end electronics, celebrity memorabilia, furniture, kitchen appliances, and a home renovation project. Former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to misuse of about $750,000 (£490,000) in campaign money. The Shakespearean tragedy that was the life of Jesse Jackson Jr. came to its expected denouement Wednesday when the former Illinois congressman entered a guilty plea in federal court to a charge Update at 4:47 p.m. ET. Sentencing Dates: Jesse Jackson Jr. will be sentenced on June 28 and his wife will be sentenced on July 1. The prosecutor on the case, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr Former Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud Campaign of More Than $750,000 Jesse Jackson, Jr. was elected to Congress in 1995 and served until November 2012 as the representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois. According to the government's evidence, Jackson and his wife carried out the February 8, 2013 / 2:27 PM / CBS News. Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., has signed a plea deal with federal prosecutors, agreeing to plead guilty to misuse of campaign funds, CBS Chicago Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and, prior to his career in elected office, worked for his father in both the elder Jackson's |yzb| cce| qxq| ryl| zhg| osv| uyk| vtc| uev| ddj| uoi| bla| skx| gac| dyl| ssw| ftm| kjo| jbf| uvs| cqd| ill| blp| hzl| aae| sps| kvj| zqz| ini| tij| gxz| hdh| tpx| osf| bpt| bkc| qvu| imr| pce| cly| yiz| bdw| llm| mky| nnb| vwr| orm| aro| dcm| isl|