Posted on 09/21/2010 1:03:40 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) said Tuesday he is “deeply sorry” for having “disappointed some supporters” regarding his relationship with a female “social acquaintance.”
But the congressman vowed to stay in office in the wake of a Chicago Sun-Times report that a major political fund-raiser has told federal authorities that Jackson directed him to offer former Gov. Rod Blagojevich millions of dollars in campaign cash in return for an appointment for Jackson to the U.S. Senate, to succeed President Obama.
The allegation by Oak Brook businessman Raghuveer Nayak regarding fund-raising runs counter to public statements Jackson has made as recently as last week that he never authorized any deal to attempt to trade campaign cash for the Senate appointment, which ultimately went not to Jackson but to Sen. Roland Burris.
“The allegations about fund-raising and the Senate seat are not new,” SNIP
“The very idea of raising millions of dollars for a campaign other than my own is preposterous,” Jackson’s statement said. “My interest in the Senate seat was based on years of public service, which I am proud of, not some improper scheme with anyone.” SNIP Sources said Nayak also told authorities that Jackson asked him to pay to fly a Washington, D.C., restaurant hostess named Giovana Huidobro — described as a “social acquaintance” of the Democratic congressman — to Chicago to visit him. Nayak did so twice, according to the sources.
Jackson didn’t address Nayak’s allegation involving payment for those flights, which could raise ethical questions under the U.S. House of Representatives’ gift ban act.
But Jackson acknowledged knowing Huidobro and that the relationship was something he an his wife, Ald. Sandi Jackson, have had to deal with.
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Nothing wrong with funneling money to his wife? What an arrogant crook! Like father, like son.
I love you ladies!
LOL. Yeah, timing is everything. (Rahm).
Junior has himself an albino shanty tramp.
Who would ever believe this of a Jackson. /sarc
“I ask that you respect our privacy.”
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That’s the best line I’ve heard in a long time.
ROTFLOLOLOL.
Sure buddy!
ROTFLMAO!
Giovana Huidobro is from Peru? I suppose JJJ didn’t understand her because she spoke in Spanish. LOL!
MMM ... mmm ... mmm ...
She’s a hostess at Ozio ($31,500 in expenditures from JJJ’s campaign fund)
Ozio Martini and Cigar Lounge
Oh gads...what is it with these dems and cigars anyway? LOL!! I guess smoking the darn thing is not politically correct, but having sex with them is ok.
LOL. Now, now, JJJ asked for the media and everyone else to give he and he wife and family “privacy”.
Whoops, that should read “him and his wife” ........LOL.
Sure, doesn't everyone fly restaurant hostesses they meet halfway across the continent back home to meet the wife and the rest of the family... including Pop?
Oh, Jesse! Oh, Jesse! Thy rod and thy staff comfort me!
Privacy? right! Can just picture the FBI listening to the wire taps they have of JJJ......No wonder BLanko wants to hear ALL of the tapes. Bet half of the men in the D party would love to listen in...and the other half are in the CHicago bath houses.
ROFL.
Your dead fish is in the mail ...
Rahm Emanuel feeling out other potential Chicago mayor candidates
LOL. Man, he's talking to everyone! The aldermen, even the gay one.
“he’s talking to everyone!”
Look how well that ‘understanding’ with JJJ worked out.
ROFL!
ROFL.
Wow! That is quite a tip for a hostess...
$31,500 is still less than Jesse Sr. paid for his mistress and mother of Jesse Jr.’s bastard half sister...
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