At a press conference this afternoon, Jackson Jr. did not comment on "Senate Candidate #5" but said he has done nothing wrong.

"I reject and denounce pay-to-play politics and have no involvement whatsoever in any wrongdoing," said Jackson Jr. He added that he never sent a message nor an emissary to Blagojevich to make an offer or plead his case. "I thought mistakenly that the process was fair," he said.

The FBI says that during an Oct. 31 conversation, Blagojevich described an approach from an associate of Senate Candidate 5: "We were approached 'pay to play.' That, you know, he'd raise me 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made him [Senate Candidate 5] a senator."

At this point it apparently comes down to a "he said vs he said" argument.  It would be interesting if an emissary was actually heard speaking on the FBI tape.  I do have to wonder why  Blagojevich is commenting on candidate #5 offering money and speaking in the past tense, and not as a hypothetical situation. 

Curiouser and curiouser.

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