Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-2nd) and Cook County Comm. Robert Shaw Wednesday declared victory after a Cook County Circuit judge threw out the fraud portion of a lawsuit.
Shaw said it was a victory when Judge Allen Goldberg threw out the alleged fraud charges leveled by Jackson.
Jackson had accused both Shaw and his brother, Senator William "Bill" Shaw (D-15th), of allegedly orchestrating the circulation of Second Congressional nomination petitions on behalf of Jesse Jackson, the 68-year-old Robbins truck driver claimed. "One allegation was fraud and that was thrown out," Robert Shaw said, referring to charges that he and his brother secured nominating signatures for the Robbins candidate.
"The other charge that was not thrown out is alleged invasion of privacy as related to misrepresentation of a name. This is the allegation that the court said he would have to give a deposition to," said Shaw.
But Jackson says the Shaw brothers were "ordered" to testify in his case having not shown up for two court appearances.
Jackson said the Shaws must tell under oath their roles in circulating those nominations for the truck driver Jackson and that they will be deposed within 30-days by his lawyers.
Jackson said Goldberg denied the Shaw's request to dismiss the case entirely.
Joyce Pierce, who reportedly notarized 189 pages of the truck drivers petitions, must also be deposed within a month. Jackson said she too failed to appear in court two times.
"We are pleased with the court's ruling," said Larry Rogers Sr., Jackson's lawyer. "This is a victory for Congressman Jackson and for the publics right to know the story behind the unusual and short-lived candidacy of the other Jesse Jackson."
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