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** FILE ** Former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Illinois Democrat, and his wife, Sandra, arrive at federal court in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, to learn their fates when a federal judge sentences the one-time power couple for misusing $750,000 in campaign money on everything from a gold-plated Rolex watch and mink capes to vacations and mounted elk heads. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to misusing more than $750,000 in campaign funds and is scheduled to be sentenced on June 28. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to misusing more than $750,000 in campaign funds and is scheduled to be sentenced on June 28. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Illinois Democrat, arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Mr. Jackson was to appear in federal court to answer criminal charges that he engaged in an alleged scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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** FILE ** Then-Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Illinois Democrat, and his wife, then-Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, ask each other for their support and votes as they arrive at a polling station for early voting in Chicago on March 9, 2012. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. and his wife, Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, take advantage of early voting at a polling station in Chicago on Friday, March 9, 2012. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. is calling for increased spending to protect members of Congress and their staffs following the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. and his wife, Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, applaud as President Obama is introduced at Ford's Chicago assembly plant in August. Mr. Jackson says he's a "public servant" not a "perfect servant." He says he's been dogged by links to disgraced former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich.