WASHINGTON – Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris announced his rejection for Barack Obama’s Senate seat Tuesday in a bizarre rainy-day scene on the Capitol grounds as lawmakers awaited the gaveling of the 111th Congress into session.

Standing amid a huge throng of reporters and television cameras in a cold and steady rain, Burris, 71, declared that he had been informed that "my credentials are not in order and will not be accepted." (View video report )

He said he was "not seeking to have any type of confrontation" over taking the seat that he was appointed to by embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Speaking just an hour before the convening of the 111th Congress Tuesday, Burris said he was looking at a host of options for getting the seat.

Jesse Jackson Jr. has been acting as an informant for the Federal Government and the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Northern District of Illinois for a decade, according to his spokesman Kenneth Edmonds. 2 sources close to the Congressmen also said that, in 2002, Jackson’s wife Sandi was up for an appointment by Governor Rod Blagojevich to be the lottery commissioner, and Blago wanted a $25,000 campaign contribution in return. Jackson refused, and she didn’t get the job. Reportedly, Blago came up to Jesse Jr. in 2003 and said “see what $25,000 could have gotten you?!”

Jesse Jackson Jr. has been informing the U.S. Attorney’s office on all KINDS of corruption going on in Illinois, particularly in Chicago, including Blagojevich shenanigans. He waited about 3 years after the “job offer” to his wife, but began reporting on Blago when, during Tony Rezko’s trial, many similar “$25,000 donation” offers were brought to light. Jackson blew the whistle on the pay-to-play. PUNK, Hot Rod! Tellingly, Jackson did NOT endorse Blago for governor.

Jackson has been fighting for his reputation since the federal complaint revealed his supporters were willing to raise money for the governor, if Jackson was appointed to the Senate. Could this get any stranger? Obviously Jesse Jr. was on to Blago, AND knew the Feds were on to him too. The new information appears to support Jackson’s vigorous claim that he was not involved in a scheme to buy a U.S. Senate seat. No wonder JJJ’s panties were in a twist at being “Senate Candidate #5.”

It isn’t clear whether Jackson has been acting as an informant in this latest twist of the Blagojevich scandal being prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. This story is breaking, and Rightsoup will be updating it as more becomes available.

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