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myLot reputation of 22/100. kennyrose (5047) 3 years ago

Jessy Jackson Jr maintains he is a innocent man,never the less he is in the middle of former Gov Rod Blagojevich pay to play investigation in Chicago,last week the FBI indicted six players including Robert Blagojevich brother of former Gov Rod Blagojevich,Nayak is believed to be Jessy Jackson Jr middle man,he has been working with the FBI in order to keep himself out of prison beings he was caught red handed in a 1.5 million dollar pay to play to assure Jessy Jackson Jr would be appointed by Rod Blagojevich to Barack Obama's senate seat,the question, is Jessy Jackson Jr really a innocent man?


(CHICGO SUN TIMES NEWSPAPER STORY AT LINK BELOW)

Blagojevich made an appearance at an Oct. 31 luncheon meeting at the India House restaurant in Schaumburg sponsored by Oak Brook businessman Nayak, a major Blagojevich supporter who also has fundraising and business ties to the Jackson family, according to several attendees and public records. Two businessmen who attended the meeting and spoke to the Tribune on the condition of anonymity said that Nayak and Blagojevich aide Rajinder Bedi privately told many of the more than two dozen attendees the fundraising effort was aimed at supporting Jackson's bid for the Senate. Among the attendees was a Blagojevich fundraiser already under scrutiny by federal investigators.

http://www.suntimes.com/n...

 

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1. myLot reputation of 67/100. anniepa (11669)   ranked 329 out of 3,985 in politics   3 years ago

Here is what I found, with the link appearing below the excerpt:

In a statement released by his office after a published report in the Chicago Sun-Times, Jackson said he was "eager to answer any questions and provide any information to the OCE [Office of Congressional Ethics] about my actions related to last year's vacant Senate seat."

He said he was notified last week about the investigation.

Federal prosecutors announced in December they were investigating then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged efforts to secure something in return for his appointment to the vacant Senate seat.

Jackson was identified in the criminal complaint as someone Blagojevich discussed approaching, but prosecutors did not allege criminal action by Jackson.

Jackson maintained in his statement he did nothing inappropriate.

"As I said when the Blagojevich scandal first broke back in December, I have done nothing wrong and reject pay-to-play politics," he said. "I'm confident that this new ethics office -- which I voted in favor of creating -- will be able to conduct a fair and expeditious review and dismiss this matter."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/P...

Personally, I have no reason NOT to believe "Jackson is really an innocent man". Isn't anyone supposed to be presumed innocent until proven guilty? Anyway, I think the OCE is doing the right thing by having their own investigation and Jackson is doing the right thing by cooperating with the investigation. If he's definitely cleared, will you be sure to post that fact, Rose, and to declare his innocence and the unfairness of his treatment?
Annie


myLot reputation of 22/100. kennyrose (5047)  3 years ago

Annie,
I suppose you have read the 77 pages of the FBI wiretap and the 73 pages of the formal indictment of Rod Blagojevich,Robert Blagojevich and four others involved in the pay to play in regard to Obama's vacant senate seat.
Nayah a long time personal friend of the Jessy Jackson's was actively working a 1.5 million dollars pay off to the now former govern of Chicago to get Jessy Jackson Jr appointed to Obama's vacant seat.
As you read in the charges Jessy Jackson Jr by phone was planning a meeting with Rod Blagojevich at the very same time Nayah was setting up the 1.5 million dollar pay off to the governor which assured Jessy Jackson Jr the appointment to the vacate Obama seat.
The FBI in advance knew where the Gov and Jessy Jackson Jr was to meet on a certain day because the meeting date was caught on the FBI wire tap,the FBI video taped the Blagojevich -Jackson Jr meeting from a building across the street because where the two men was meting there was no FBI bugging devise.
Nayah kissed up to the FBI as soon as they busted the gov reason being he kissed up was because he knew he was caught setting up a Jessy Jackson Jr appointment to the vacate seat.
As well Nayah held a fund riser around the same time and people attending the fund raiser has told the FBI at the fund raiser their was talk of raising money for Jessy Jackson Jr which would be used to help pay the 1.5 million dollars to the governor for the appointment to the Obama's vacate senate seat.
Had Nayah not kissed up to the FBI his butt was going to prison in the same boat as the gov and his bother Robert Blagojvich,Jessy Jackson Jr of course is innocent until proven gulity.

On the same page from Washington D.C. the chief of staff to Barack Obama Rahl Emanuel was working his own pay to play game because Barack Obama wanted the gov to appointed his old freind and close adviser Valery Jarret to his vacant seat.
The Rahl Emanuel and governor pay to play was not for money but for a very handsome positions for the wife of the governor Patti,Emanuel is caught on the FBI wiretap saying to the governor the "pres can do anything he puts his mind to but he wants to be sure no finger prints lead back to him",a damming statement in itself.
Anyway it all is very detailed and we have to wait to see how many political corrupted hot dogs go down in this FBI pay to play bust in Chicago,I don't care if the queen of England was a player I want to see justice done where it is deserved and our government clean up, it is way over due.

Regards,
Rose





myLot reputation of 67/100. anniepa (11669)   ranked 329 out of 3,985 in politics  3 years ago

So I guess I can put you down for NOT believing Jackson deserves to be presumed innocent until or unless proven guilty then...lol!
Annie

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2. myLot reputation of 64/100. us2owls (2086)   ranked 769 out of 3,985 in politics   3 years ago

I wish they would get this matter taken care of as soon as posssible. When Blagojevich goes to court both he and a lot of his cronies will sing to the heavens if they think it is going to reduce their prison time - but I hope a lot of them just rot behind bars. It's time these people were shown that Chicago is NOT Illinois - it is just a city full of some of the most crooked politicians in the counrty. Jesse Jackson Jr. will either go with them or not go with them. If he had any part in Blagojevich's plans and crooked governing he will be found out - if he didn't and he wants the Senate seat he can run for it because I am sure Roland Burris will not be elected to the seat.


myLot reputation of 22/100. kennyrose (5047)  3 years ago

Hi us2owles,
Rolan Burris was involved in pay to play for the Obama seat but not like the big players,he was more an after thought when the gov got busted.
Steadying both the charges and indictment I really don't see how Jessy Jackson Jr could be an innocent man,Nayak a close old friend of the Jackson clan was caught by the FBI working a 1.5 million dollar pay to pay to assure that Jessy Jackson Jr was appointed by the governor to Barack Obama's vacate senate seat.
The governor's chief of staff John Harris and Nayak sucked up to the FBI spilling some of their guts because they both are prison bait being they are bot very gulity men,so these two are working with the FBI to save their own butts.
Depending on what all Harris and Nayak tells the FBI that will determine who goes down river with the gov and his brother Robert.
Jessy Jackson Jr is an innocent man until he is proven gulity in a court of law,but it is very clear from the FBI wire taps Jessy Jackson Jr sent Nayak as his middle man working the 1.5 million dollar pay to play game pay with the governor for the vacate Obama seat.
Jessy Jackson Sr is steering clear having very little to say except he believes Jessy Jr is innocent and he will be cleared of any charges,only time will tell.

Another part of this is an adviser from Washington D.c. Obama's chief of staff Rahl Emanuel,he was working his own pay to play,Obama wanted his old pal and very close adviser Valery Jarret to be appointed to the vacate Obama seat.
The gov's cussing Obama came in because Obama owed the governor for pass favors,when Obama got elected he throwing the gov under the bus and was giveing him nothing in return for the gov of Chicago pass favors to Barack Obama.
The pay to play changed faces here Obama was going to now pay spit to the gov for his pass favors and this sit the gov off in a cussing angry rage,at the end of the day Rahl Emanuel and the gov was talking all caught on the FBI wire tap if the gov appointed Valery Jarret he wanted a handy-dandy position for his wife Patti in return, the gov asked if Obama would set his wife up with a handsome position,Rahl Emanuel tells the gov the "pres can do anything he sets his mind to but he wants to be sure no finger prints come back to him",kind of a damming statement for people that say they are innocent of pay to play for a senate seat.
Reading the indictment I don't see how Rahl Emanuel well escape going down in this pay to play game in Chicago,only time will tell the whole story,but I want to see justice and who ever is gulity I want prison time for them all and get our politics cleaned up it is far over due in Chicago.
Thanks for joining this discussion today.

Regards,
Rose










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3. myLot reputation of 69/100. BlueGoblin (1914)   ranked 915 out of 3,985 in politics   3 years ago

I hope the whole crooked lot are taken down. I'm confident that a lot of them will and the state will be much better of because of it.


myLot reputation of 22/100. kennyrose (5047)  3 years ago

BlueGoblin,
Following the case closely for months I think if the FBI dose it all correctly a lot of political corrupted scum bags are going down in this one,so far nothing said about Mayor Richard Daily, he is the big part of the Chicago machine,but Richard Daily is being investigated in regard to millions of dollars in contracts for the O'Hara Airport and other big government contracts Mayor Daily has benefited from, so maybe he will go down on these government fraud contracts, and he should he is very corrupted and few to none in Chicago knows this for a fact.
Thank you for responding to this discussion.

Rose

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