Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty: "Tell the folks back home I’m sorry I let everybody down"
An emotional former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to misusing $750,000 in campaign funds.
“Tell the folks back home I’m sorry I let everybody down,” Jackson told reporters after the hearing.
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Folks back home respond: "YOu didn't let us down Jesse, Jr. We voted for you in overwhelming margins because we realized no representation at all is better than our other choices..."
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Back home? June Jackson, his mom, lives at 4th and T Street NW. He went to high school in NW DC, where I met him in the 80s when he was 17 or so. And he lives in this house at 2034 O Street NW which has been on and off the market while he was in court