Jesse Jackson Jr. speaks publicly for first time about divorce

Jesse Jackson Jr. said Monday his main interest in his divorce case is protecting his two teenage children.

"The case and the reason for the dissolution of the marriage is right here in Illinois," he said, explaining why he wants the case heard in Cook County rather than in Washington, D.C., where Sandi Jackson has filed for divorce.

He also praised Sandi Jackson, noting, "Every month for 24 months Sandra brought my children to visit me" in prison.

Jackson Jr. spoke to reporters at the Daley Center after a hearing Monday. It was his first public statements about the divorce case.

The judge issued a stay in regard to subpoenas of former Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy and two other men filed by Jackson Jr.'s lawyers while the jurisdiction of the divorce is sorted out.

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