Jessie Jackson Jr. at his wife's sentencing in Washington, D.C. in August
Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. plans to sell his Victorian townhouse in Washington, D.C. to help pay off his $750,000 judgment for illegally spending his campaign coffers.
Sentenced in August, the son of Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson is expected to begin serving his two and a half year prison term in a few weeks.
Jackson spent donor money on rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia, vacations, and fur capes, among thousands of other items.
Jackson’s wife, Sandra, who was sentenced to a year in prison for filing false income tax returns to misrepresent funds, will head to prison after her husband is released so that someone can look after the couple’s two young children, reports the Associated Press.
[AP]