As ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) attempts a comeback more than a decade after he resigned from Congress and was convicted on corruption charges, one of his financial contributors is a south suburban politician who’s under investigation for the same type of campaign-finance misconduct that sent Jackson to prison.

State Rep. Thaddeus Jones — who doubles as the mayor of Calumet City — gave $500 to the Jesse Jackson Jr. for Congress committee in August, according to a disclosure report recently filed with the Federal Election Commission.

A 2022 subpoena from the U.S. attorney’s office to the Illinois State Board of Elections sought information on Jones’ campaign funds as part of a criminal investigation that sources say remains active and centers on the potential misuse of campaign

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