WASHINGTON – Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi, held hands as they arrived this morning at the federal courthouse, where they will be sentenced for separate felonies related to the misspending of about $750,000 in campaign funds.
Jackson Jr. wore a dark suit and grimaced. Sandi Jackson wore a beige suit and smiled broadly. They said nothing to more than 20 media representatives gathered.
The Jacksons emerged from a white SUV and were accompanied by Judy Smith, a crisis communications expert and former federal prosecutor whose work inspired the TV show “Scandal.”
The ex-congressman’s father, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., arrived earlier with his wife and some of his children.
Speaking with reporters before the hearing, Rev. Jackson reflected on his son’s diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
“I don’t know how I missed so many signs,” he said. “We found out he was sick very late. We thought we almost lost him. He was in a different place altogether.”
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