Courtesty Rintense.
Posted on 05/21/2010 2:06:58 PM PDT by jazusamo
A leading House Republican is threatening to file an ethics complaint against Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) if he doesn’t reveal who in the White House offered him a job to drop out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the top Republican on the Oversight and Government Reform committee, said Sestak needs to explain what job he was offered and who at the White House was involved. Sestak, who beat Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) in the Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday, said on a Philadelphia radio station in February that the White House offered him a job to drop out of the race.
Issa said he or another member of Congress would file a formal complaint to the House ethics committee by July 4 if someone else doesn’t bring the matter to the Office of Congressional Ethics, which handles ethics complaints from outside groups.
“I’ve reviewed the capability and appropriateness,” of filing a complaint, Issa said. “I’m one of many members of Congress considering that it has to be done if he doesn’t come clean.”
If the White House offered Sestak a job to drop out of the race, it could violate federal law that prohibits interfering in elections or promising employment for political activity. Issa predicted that a potential ethics violation could narrowly focus on covering up a felony or bringing dishonor to the House.
It could serve as a distraction over the next few months, as Sestak is locked in a statewide senate race in Pennsylvania against former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).
One lawmaker asking the ethics committee to investigate another is extraordinarily rare – the last time was in 2004 when former Democratic Rep. Chris Bell of Texas filed against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and former Rep. Dave Hobson (D-Ohio) asked the committee to investigate Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.).
The committee can initiate an investigation on its own, which is more common.
“I’m not sure what the truth is, I’m not sure what his full statement would be,” Issa said of Sestak. “Practically everyone that interviews him comes back with the same thing: he can’t be allowed to make an allegation against the White House and then say enough is said. It doesn’t work that way. Either he’s lying, or covering up felonies for political purposes.”
Issa has also asked Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate. The White House has repeatedly declined to comment on the situation.
Issa.....grow a set and file the complaint!!
That’d work for me. DO IT!
Maybe Issa KNOWS who made the offer and is watching the squirming before he files it.
Like the old legal saying, never ask a question you don’t already know the answer to.
That’d be great. I wonder if Sestak is thinking maybe Issa does know. LOL!
The White House has repeatedly declined to comment on the situation.
I wonder if anybody on Issa’s staff freeps.
Sestak Has ‘Moral Imperative’ to Answer Questions on White House Job Offer, GOP Congressman Says
So far, the Republicans sound like all bark and no bite.
Like someone posted yesterday, maybe the Repubs were waiting for the primary to be over to push the subject, we’ll know soon.
P.S.
Bump! to your tagline.
Thanks!
Holder will not move on this. We live in a Marxist Kenyan Banana Republic Regime, we are being sold out, day by day.
Courtesty Rintense.
The list, ping
Yes, like Al capone's tax returns. Of course, back then the FBI was on our side.
Exactly. There are numerous incidents that would’ve landed Obama not only impeached, but in jail by now. Obama should change his first name to “Stonewall”, because that’s exactly what’s going on. WHERE’S THE NEWS MEDIA ON THIS ONE. The corruption of this administration is out of control.. To the point where it’s almost impossible to keep up with. DISGUSTING.
Good for Issa. Take no prisoners.
You mean the law that applies to Republicans only?
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2518480/posts?page=17
Was this always in breaking news or just got there?
Can you say It's time for a special prosecutor, sure you can!
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