WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 10: Rep. Jessie Jackson Jr. (D-IL) addresses a news conference at the U.S. Captiol December 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Jackson had been mentioned as a potential replacement for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by President Barack Obama.. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

NBC Chicago - Political science professor Dick Simpson believes when the House Ethics Committee completes its investigation into Jesse Jackson Jr., they will decide to censure the congressman.

The committee is investigating allegations Jackson discussed raising money for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s campaign in exchange for an appointment as senator.

The house also wants to know  whether he directed his fundraiser Raghuveer Nayak to buy plane tickets for a woman he described as a “social acquaintance.”

Simpson notes “the ethics panel in congress, which has the power to censure Jesse Jackson, probably will.

I don’t think they can expel him, throw him out of the congress at this point, based on what we have in evidence, but, I think censure is certainly likely.

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