Molested nephew says Jackson helped him

Taj Jackson, nephew of Michael Jackson, attends a probate hearing for Michael Jackson's estate in Los Angeles in 2009. Taj Jackson reveals he was sexually abused as a child"Even your own relatives can be molesters of children," Michael Jackson wroteTaj Jackson's Twitter postings defending Michael Jackson against Wade Robson's chargeTaj Jackson: "I KNOW Wade is lying. Because I AM a survivor"

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's nephew revealed Thursday that when he was molested as a child, Jackson "was a support system for me and my mom."

Taj Jackson, 39, claimed he was a child sex abuse victim in a series of Twitter messages posted in response to Wade Robson's televised claim that Michael Jackson molested him. "I will not let them smear my Uncle's legacy," he tweeted.

Robson, a dancer who frequently visited Jackson's Neverland Ranch as a child, called Jackson "a pedophile and a child sexual abuser" in an interview Thursday on NBC's "Today Show." He said Jackson "performed sexual acts on me and forced me to perform sexual acts on him" from ages 7 to 14.

Apparently Taj Jackson, one of three sons of Tito Jackson, posted a series of Twitter messages in defense of his uncle, Michael Jackson.

"I hate that Wade made me do this, this way," Taj Jackson tweeted. "But since my uncle Michael is no longer here to defend himself. I will."

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Michael Jackson "was a support system for me and my mom," he tweeted. "He wrote a letter to her that many have seen already, u just didn't know what it was about."

He posted a photo of that handwritten note from Michael Jackson to Taj's mother Dee Dee Jackson:

"Dee Dee, Please read this article about child molestation and read it to Taj, T.J. and Taryll. It brings out how even your own relatives can be molesters of children, or even uncles or aunts molesting nephew or nieces. Please read. Love MJ."

It was his own childhood experience that qualified him to question Robson's accusations, he said. "That is how I KNOW Wade is lying. Because I AM a survivor."

Robson, now 30, denied in testimony at Jackson's child molestation trial in 2005 that he had been molested by the singer. Jackson was acquitted, partly based on the testimony of Robson, his sister and his mother. Tom Mesereau, the lawyer who successfully defended Jackson in the trial, said he was one of his strongest witnesses.

Robson said Thursday that his denial was the result of Jackson's "complete manipulation and brainwashing" of him.

"Don't forget I was living at Neverland when Wade testified during my uncle's case," Taj Jackson tweeted. "I sat there and ate dinner with him and his family."

Robson, who filed a creditor's claim against Jackson's estate this month, insisted in the NBC interview he was not now coming forward because of money. "The idea that I would make all of this up and put myself, my wife, my son, my entire family through this extremely stressful and painful experience all for the sake of money is completely incomprehensible," he said.

Taj Jackson's tweets challenged Robson's explanation. "What people will $ay and do for money and to $tay relevant is $ickening. De$perate times call for De$perate mea$ures. I will not sit back and let someone flat out lie about my uncle. PERIOD."

"I always told my uncle Michael that I would take a bullet for him," he tweeted. "I mean it today just as much as I meant it back then."

Taj Jackson's brother T.J. Jackson was appointed as a co-guardian of Michael Jackson's three children last year.

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Rep. Frank helped partner land Fannie Mae job (AP)

WASHINGTON – Rep. Barney Frank said Thursday he helped his then-domestic partner land a job with Fannie Mae in the 1990s while Frank was serving on the House panel overseeing the mortgage company.

The Massachusetts Democrat said he had praised Herb Moses' qualifications when a Fannie Mae executive approached him and asked about Moses. Frank said the executive, Gerald R. McMurray, had once worked on Capitol Hill, and knew that Frank and Moses were live-in partners.

"I said, `Yeah, I think (Moses) is great. Here's his story, check him out,'" Frank recalled in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

Frank said that was the only contact he had with Fannie Mae about Moses and the job, an entry-level analyst post. A Fannie Mae spokeswoman declined to comment.

Frank, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, was responding to a new book on the financial crisis, "Reckless Endangerment," which first reported his role in helping Moses get the job.

The book cited Moses' hiring as an example of the cozy relations that flourished between Congress and Fannie Mae as it sought to win favorable treatment from lawmakers who oversaw the lending giant.

Frank called any questions about a conflict of interest "ridiculous." Congress at the time was considering legislation to improve oversight of the mortgage agency.

The congressman said many members of Congress have spouses who work for the federal government.

"It's a very common thing," Frank said. "There is no rule against it. Washington is a very small community."

Frank said he was not a member of the subcommittee that dealt directly with legislation about Fannie Mae when Moses worked there. He also said that when the financial services panel once considered a measure that would have limited executive compensation at Fannie Mae, he simply voted "present" and made a public statement about not participating in the vote because his partner worked there.

Moses, who had previously worked as an economist at the Agriculture Department, had just gotten an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth before he was hired by Fannie Mae in 1991. Moses left Fannie Mae around the time he and Frank split up in 1998.

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