Political scientist predicts censure for Jesse Jackson Jr.
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...
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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