Was Jesse Jackson, Jr. the $5 Million Man?
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta With U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. already facing an investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics, the Sun-Times has uncovered some information that will put Jackson on the defensive once again. According to the Sun-Times’ Natasha Korecki, two men, one of whom claimed he was a Jackson emissary, promised the Blagojevich campaign Jackson would raise $5 million for Blagojevich and then the Indian community would chip in an additional $1 million in exchange for appointing Jackson to the U.S. Senate seat. What still remains unclear, however, is Jackson’s role – if any – in these negotiations. The first came from Rajinder Bedi, a state employee who acted as a conduit to the Indian community for Blagojevich, sources say. Bedi met with the governor’s brother, Robert, to tell him that a longtime fund-raiser and wealthy health care businessman, Raghuveer Nayak, would help organize fund-raising within the Indian community and that Jackson would raise money as we
