Jesse Jackson Jr getting paid nicely while in prison.
Convicted Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) is scheduled
to receive $8,700 per month in government disability pay, as well as a
partial federal pension of $45,000. That generous $8,700 in disability
comes thanks to Jackson’s sudden development of a “mood disorder” as the
federal government began looking to indict him. Jackson, who was
sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, had no history of mental illness
during his prior 17 years in Congress. Rev. Jesse Jackson has defended
his son’s claims of mental illness, stating to the court, “This time a
year ago I thought we may have lost him.”
