Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is reportedly the “Senate Candidate 5″ mentioned in a 76-page complaint filed by prosecutors against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who has been accused of a pay-to-play effort to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-Elect Barack Obama.

The governor was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday amidst claims that he tried to profit from his authority to appoint a replacement to fill President-Elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat.

In a press conference Wednesday, Rep. Jackson was feverishly claimed h “never authorized anyone to seek the governor’s support” for anything of value.

The congressman says he isn’t aware of any associates of his having made such an overture to the governor on his behalf.