BREAKING NEWS – Chicago, Illinois – Immediately after former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for illegally spending funds on personal items, his attorney Reid H. Weingarten files an appeal on his conviction alleging that his client has been discriminating against based on his age. Weingarten states that he plans on proving his allegations, by showing that his client’s father Jesse Jackson Sr. has been ripping off the public for years and has never spent a day in jail.