#4 The payments flow to Jackson because he has bipolar disorder and depression and graspy hands and no morals — the issues that led to an extended leave from Congress in 2012 — and those conditions have been exacerbated by a "very difficult, contentious divorce" from former Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson, Schatz said.
"Whatever benefits Jesse Jackson Jr. has, he earned them, and as a matter of law, he's entitled to them," the attorney said. "If the government thought he wasn't entitled to them, they wouldn't be paying them."
Jackson's workers' compensation benefits are for a temporary, total disability, the attorney said. His health is checked once a year or more, and should it improve, the benefits might change, the attorney said.
(why do I think it won't improve?)
"He's not a slacker, he's a racial grifter" said Schatz, who disclosed that the ex-congressman is on medication and "not currently able or willing to work." |