Updated at: 02/16/2013 10:38 AM
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(AP) CHICAGO - Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife have agreed to plead guilty to charges in an alleged scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. The following is a look at the items listed in Jackson Jr.’s charging document, when they were allegedly purchased and for how much:
_ gold-plated men’s Rolex watch, July 2007, $43,350
_ Bruce Lee memorabilia, bought between August 2007 and August 2008, $10,105
_ porcelain collector’s items, January 2008, $1,553.09
_ children’s furniture, July 2008, $9,587.64
_ the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. memorabilia, August and September 2008, $11,130
_ football signed by U.S. presidents, February 2009, $5,000
_ Michael Jackson memorabilia, bought between August 2009 and March 2010, $22,700
_ fur capes and parkas, November 2009, $5,150
_ Eddie Van Halen guitar and Michael Jackson memorabilia, November 2009, $4,000
_ Malcolm X memorabilia, February 2010, $2,200
_ Jimi Hendrix memorabilia, March 2010, $2,775
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