Jesse Jackson Jr. Attacks Robert Mueller

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Ex-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., on a national media blitz to promote a book of letters his mother, Jacqueline, wrote to him while in prison, in a new twist is blaming his troubles on an over-zealous Robert Mueller.

“Robert Mueller was the head of the FBI during my investigation,” Jackson told CNN anchor Victor Blackwell on Saturday. “And he is relentless. If he doesn’t find something here, he looks for something in another place.”


Perhaps, in invoking Russia probe Special Counsel Mueller, Jackson is looking for a pardon from President Donald Trump.

Trump has said he is open to giving breaks to people — including imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich — that he sees as being treated unfairly by the criminal justice system. Mueller was the FBI director when FBI agents were investigating Blagojevich, who was arrested in December 2008.

Jackson and ex-wife Sandi, a former 7th Ward alderman, pleaded guilty in August 2013 to looting $750,000 from congressional campaign funds.

Blagojevich’s corruption earned him 14 years — but he was never charged with taking a dime. Jackson stole $750,000 and only served 23 months of a 30-month sentence, shaved most likely because of good behavior and completion of a substance-abuse program.

Interesting.