Update: Jackson rejects the "informant" tag.
Well, I guess we can cross Jesse Jackson Jr. off the guilt by association list.CNN: Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. has served as an informant to the U.S. attorney's office in Illinois, two sources close to Jackson tell CNN.Video from Chicago's ABC affiliate
Jackson has served as an informant for more than a decade and has relayed information relating to embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich since 2006, the sources said.
More from another source:
Edmonds wouldn't give details of those discussions Tuesday, but WLS-TV in Chicago reported unidentified sources as saying Jackson had told investigators Blagojevich wouldn't appoint Jackson's wife as state lottery director because the congressman wouldn't donate $25,000 to the governor's campaign fund.
Jackson has acknowledged being the "Senate Candidate 5" referenced in a federal complaint against Blagojevich that accuses the governor of trying to sell the Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
