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Published: 12/10/08

Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate No. 5'

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate No. 5'

ABC has the scoop on the first aspirant for Barack Obama's Senate Seat to get unwanted scrutiny in the Blagojevich scandal:Chicago Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. is the anonymous "Senate Candidate No. 5" whose emissaries Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich reportedly offered up to $1 million to name him to the U.S. Senate, federal law enforcement sources tell ABC News.Oh, boy. Here we go. Get ready, more names will be coming. Gonna find out who's been naughty or nice.For his part, Jackson Jr. is cooperating fully with investigators:Jackson said, "I don't know" when asked whether he was Candidate No. ...

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