Sandi Jackson

WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson says it’s been “an extraordinarily difficult time” for his family. He was in court today in Washington to see his son, former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., sentenced to two and a-half years in prison…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has been sentenced to one year in prison for filing false joint federal income tax returns that understated the income the couple received…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to scheming to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items…

theGRIO REPORT – Wednesday, former embattled Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and wife Sandi will learn their fate in a federal case sentencing them for misusing $750,000 in campaign money and engaging in tax fraud…

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has said where he wants to serve time for illegally spending $750,000 in campaign funds…

CHICAGO (AP) – Government prosecutors Friday filed a forfeiture motion naming the homes of former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife…

NBC Chicago – Convicted former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. would like to serve prison time ahead of his also-convicted spouse, Sandi Jackson, court filings show.

NBC Chicago – Jesse Jackson Jr. already faces sentencing for one legal problem, but he could face another.

theGRIO REPORT – By the end of the day Tuesday, there will finally be a winner to one of the most contentious Congressional races happening in the country…

OPINION – Are we witnessing the end of the Jackson dynasty? Where does this once beloved political family go from here?…

NBC Chicago – Jesse Jackson Jr. sent a message back to Chicago as he left a federal courtroom Wednesday after pleading guilty to misusing campaign funds.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife are to appear in federal court to answer criminal charges that they engaged in an alleged scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items…

CHICAGO (AP) – The Rev. Jesse Jackson says his former congressman son is under strict medical supervision as he struggles with bipolar disorder ‘compounded by the stresses’ of his legal troubles…

CHICAGO (AP) – For all the talk of Jesse Jackson Jr. aspiring to be a U.S. senator or mayor of the nation’s third-largest city, his career wasn’t ended by attempts to amass political power…

CHICAGO (AP) — The prospect of prison looms over former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife after they agreed to plead guilty to charges in an alleged scheme…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been charged with spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. His wife was charged with filing false income tax forms…

CHICAGO – Sandi Jackson, wife of former embattled 2nd Congressional District Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from her post as Alderman Friday, according to the mayor’s office…