Jesse Jackson Jr

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A friend and former House colleague of Jesse Jackson Jr. says Jackson is being released from a federal prison Thursday and…

If all goes well during his federal prison sentence, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. could be looking at a December 31, 2015 release date. The Associated Press reports that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has listed Jackson’s projected date on its website, based on the assumption that the former congressman receives the maximum reduction o ...

When the story broke that Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) had used political donations as his own piggy bank, many people were...

"If one more Black man ends up in the news for flagrantly stealing a stupid amount of money, I'm going to scream," I...

  (CNN) -- Federal prosecutors want former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. to receive a sentence of four years in prison for misuse of $750,000...

Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.Last week the House Ethics Committee, according to the law and its on-going responsibility, released several items, including a 24-page...