" Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. may have made a quick visit to Chicago last week.
A source who speaks to the embattled congressman told Ward Room on Monday that while he was not seen in public, Jackson stopped in Chicago briefly but is no longer in the area.
It’s also revealed – by a source close to Jackson -- that while he recently returned to the Mayo Clinic for a second stay, he was not admitted as a patient. Rather, Jackson’s most recent visit was as an out patient, shuttling back and forth to Mayo from a hotel.
While the congressman is in the midst of negotiating a plea deal with federal prosecutors and there have been no plans to continue a longtime Jackson holiday tradition. Jackson and his wife, Ald "
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