The judge calls for a recess just as Rajinder Bedi is about to finish the story about his Oct. 28, 2008 meeting with Jesse Jackson Jr.Just to be clear, Jesse Jackson Jr. is a congressman and is the son of the really famous Jesse Jackson.
Without the jury present, Prosecutor Christopher Niewoehner explains that Jackson, fund-raiser Raghu Nayak and Rajinder Bedi met at the 312 Restaurant in Chicago.
And that's when Nayak discusses raising $1 million for Blagojevich for Jackson's appointment.
Was Jackson entertaining the idea of a trade - his friend would raise 1 million for Blago, if Blago would give the senate seat to Jackson?
I gather that's what the prosecutor wanted to get before the jury. But, to be fair, entertaining an illegal plan is not the same as taking a concrete step to put such a plan into action.
It's the concrete step that bursts your bubble
and lands you in legal trouble.
Merely considering crime must fail
as a basis for jail.
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