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Report: Businessmen Said They Were Raising Money For Blago To Get Senate Seat For Jackson
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| News Date | Friday, December 12, 2008 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Zachary Roth - December 12, 2008, 10:57AM
This doesn't look great for Jesse Jackson Jr.
The Chicago Tribune reports:
As Gov. Rod Blagojevich was trying to pick Illinois' next U.S. senator, businessmen with ties to both the governor and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. discussed raising at least $1 million for Blagojevich's campaign as a way to encourage him to pick Jackson for the job, the Tribune has learned.
At a luncheon meeting on October 31, Nayak and Rajinder Bedi told many of the attendees that they were organizing a fundraiser for Blagojevich, and that the purpose of the event was to get Jackson named to the Senate seat, two sources tell the Trib.
The meeting led to a fundraiser last Saturday which was attended by Jesse Jackson's brother, a former business partner of one of the businessmen, Raghuveer Nayak.
One source told the paper that he overheard Nayak and Bedi discussing plans with another politically active Indian-American businessman. |
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