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...view inside the state office building in downtown Chicago. The few allies he had left have vanished. And anyone who might have been among the unnamed Senate candidates in the detailed charges against Blagojevich have been busy putting distance between the governor and themselves. Among those were Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who has hired a lawyer to accompany him to a meeting with federal prosecutors on Friday. (See TIME's top 10 scandals...
...Friday, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is scheduled to explain to federal prosecutors his efforts to win President-elect Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat. Jackson, 43, is among the most high-profile characters swept up so far in this week's scandal involving Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and charges that he tried to sell Obama's place in the U.S. Senate, which the governor has the right to fill by appointment. A Senate seat would have been a perfect way for Jackson to further distinguish himself from his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, 67, who ran for the Democratic...
There's no doubt that Jackson's family name accelerated his political ascent. Among his first jobs after graduating from college was a position at his father's National Rainbow Coalition, where he managed voter registration efforts. He chose Chicago as the place to build his career because of the strength of Jesse Sr.'s support there. Nevertheless, the younger man has emphasized and established his own bona fides in politics and in activism in the African-American community. In the 1980s, he loudly opposed South Africa's apartheid regime, spending his 21st birthday in a Washington jail cell after...
...TIME interview on the eve of the Nov. 4 election, Jackson, who had served as a national co-chair of Obama's presidential campaign, said he was not lobbying for Obama's seat. "My focus during these final hours has been on electing Obama President. If he wins," Jackson added, "I'd be honored and humbled to succeed him in the U.S. Senate." Then, he said, "I'm confident the governor will make a decision in the best interest of the state and country." But shortly after Obama's election, Jackson mounted a vigorous public campaign for the seat...
Shortly before dawn on Tuesday, Blagojevich was roused from bed by FBI agents and arrested on corruption charges. Jackson quickly posted a statement on his congressional website expressing outrage at the charges. On Wednesday, Jackson held a press conference in Washington, and appeared strained as he insisted that Dec. 8 was the first time he had met with Blagojevich in nearly four years. "I did not know the process has been corrupted. I did not know that credentials and qualifications and a record of service meant nothing," he said. He also asserted that he did not bribe the governor...