Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty: "Tell the folks back home I'm sorry I let everybody down"
Was re-elected by a wide margin in November
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..."
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
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