Candidate #5

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CANDIDATE #5….Brian Ross reports the latest on Blago:

Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) is the anonymous “Senate Candidate #5” whose emissaries Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich reportedly claimed offered up to a million dollars to name him to the U.S. Senate, federal law enforcement sources tell ABC News.

An awful lot rides on just who the “emissaries” were and whether anyone has any evidence that they were acting with Jackson’s knowledge. Needless to say, Jackson denies any involvement.