http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/236729-sen-durbin-suggests-rep-jackson-jr-will-have-to-release-more-details-about-condition-soon
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) had a "responsibility" to release more information about his medical condition, which has caused the congressman to go on leave.
"As a public official, there comes a point when you have a responsibility to tell the public what's going on," Durbin said at a press conference in Chicago, according to Crain's Chicago Business on Monday.
Something rather odd is going on in Chicago...
Jesse Jr is the son of "Reverend" Jesse Jackson, the corrupt and race-baiting founder of the Rainbow Coalition. Jesse Jr. became a US Representative after replacing the disgraced Democrat Rep.Mel Reynolds, who was busted and jailed for sex with underage girls in the 90's.
Jesse Jr. took a medical leave of absence last month soon after the criminal indictment of political fundraiser Raghuveer Nayak who had alleged at one time that Jackson had negotiated with disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to illegally purchase an appointment to the US Senate seat that was vacated by Barack Obama after his election to the presidency. Allegations had surfaced that Jesse Jr had offered to Blago $6 million in fundraising for the vacant Senate seat.
Jackson claimed the medical leave was deal with issues of exhaustion. (?) In 2009, Jackson was named one of the 15 most corrupt members of Congress by the liberal Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington for his role in the Blago scandal.
Jackson was questioned by the FBI and insisted that he was a cooperating witness.
My first though when the Blago mess hit the fan was that Jesse Jr indeed cooperated, ie snitched on Blago and provided information about his dealing with him regarding the Senate seat that was being "sold". I use the word "snitch" because Jesse Jr sounds to be a willing and criminal participant in the scheme, and that he probably gave investigators a bogus and self-serving account that exonerated himself and threw all blame onto Blago.
Now that the original whistle blower has been officially indicted, the ball game changes and the feds begin to play their game of tag- asking the newly indicted Nayak to tag someone else involved in criminal activity and make that person "it".
Blago is also festering in federal prison with a sentence of over 10 years and has much to gain by cooperating and coming clean about other corrupt high level players in Chicago and beyond.
The claim of "exhaustion" and checking in undisclosed "treatment" is a red flag and often a form of legal manuevering and damage control for high profile celebs and politicos seeking image redemption and/or leniency when sentenced.
Watch this on- I may be wrong, but I think there is something fishy as fuck is going on here.