Jesse Jackson Jr. in 2008. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. | AP file photo
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (left) meets with U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., on Aug. 16. | Office of Patrick J. Kennedy~AP
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-2nd)
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (2nd District)
The snowballing troubles of Jesse Jackson Jr. took a new turn Friday with the revelation that federal investigators have launched a probe into “suspicious activity” in the South Shore congessman’s finances. Focusing on a completely new area of scrutiny for the son of the famed …