Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) was released early Thursday from an Alabama prison after serving a year and a half for misusing campaign funds, his father Rev. Jesse Jackson confirmed to the Chicago Tribune.
Jackson is expected to serve the remainder of his 2 1/2-year sentence in a halfway house in Washington, D.C., former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) told the Tribune. Kennedy, now a mental health advocate, is a friend of Jackson’s and visited him in prison on Monday.
Officials told the newspaper that Jackson shaved some time off his sentence through good conduct and by completing a substance abuse treatment program. The Federal Bureau of Prisons lists Sept. 20 as Jackson’s release date.
Keep that cell open for Aaron Schock.
So, the future for him?
Mayor of some 2nd tier city?
Talk show host?
Motivational speaker?
Every self-help book includes the chapter about how the poor protagonist “hit the bottom.” His story will make a good read, especially if it is marketed right. I see he is already credited with authorship of several books.
Anybody know? Is he restricted now from holding public offices? The real money is elsewhere if he wants to go clean and money seems to have rocked his world.