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Jesse Jackson Jr. Denies Scheme to Buy Senate Seat
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The retrial of Rod Blagojevich is putting more people than just the chatty ex-governor on the defensive. The Chicago Sun-Times on Monday reported that U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) adamantly denied that he had fundraisers offer Blago about $1 million in campaign contributions in exchange for getting the Senate seat…