• Ex-Democrat Rep claims $138,400 a year in workers’ comp and disability checks
• Doctors say bipolar disorder and depression stop him from being able to work
• The money is paid out to those who develop illnesses or injury while on the job
• Critics have questioned how being a Congressman led to bipolar disorder
• Jackson’s lawyer says he can’t explain how, but doctors have confirmed illness
• He was jailed for 30 months in 2013 for stealing $750,000 from his campaign
• Figures came out after wife Sandi Stevens initiated divorce proceedings

Disgraced former Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. is claiming $138,400 a year from the federal government in benefit checks, it has emerged.

The former Democrat politician and son of Reverend Jesse Jackson, 51, was sentenced to 30 months in prison in 2013 for taking $750,000 from his own campaign funds.

Now, details of his benefits package — which he gets for bipolar disorder and depression — have emerged, leaving critics questioning how he is eligible for the money, the Chicago Tribune has reported.