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Sestak admits that he was offered a "high level" Federal job by the Obama Administration if he would pull out to the Pennsylvania Senate race against Specter. He did not and defeated Specter.
The public has a right to know exactly what happened, and whether a crime was committed.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has dismissed the issue saying that “Lawyers in the White House and others have looked into conversations that were had with Congressman Sestak, and nothing inappropriate happened.”
Senior Obama adviser David Axelrod has said the same thing, although he has admitted that if it did actually occur, it would “constitute a serious breach of the law.”
But what is very curious (and revealing) about this is the refusal of Gibbs or anyone else at the White House to say exactly what was said in the conversation and who made the offer – we are apparently just supposed to accept their self-evaluation that nothing “inappropriate” happened.
There are obviously three possible scenarios here.
Rep. Sestak is either
1) telling the truth
2) lying
3) the conversations didn’t take place in the manner that Sestak has recalled.
In all three cases, however, we need a full accounting of what occurred because each scenario has important political and legal implications. Sestak, as an elected official, also has an ethical obligation to reveal the details of what happened, particularly if a crime was committed.
His position that he has “said all I’m going to say on the matter” does not meet his fiduciary responsibilities to the public or to Congress.
Section 600 statute states:
Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, compensation, contract, appointment, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in connection with any general or special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/05/26/sestak-obama-and-the-law/
The public has a right to know exactly what happened, and whether a crime was committed.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has dismissed the issue saying that “Lawyers in the White House and others have looked into conversations that were had with Congressman Sestak, and nothing inappropriate happened.”
Senior Obama adviser David Axelrod has said the same thing, although he has admitted that if it did actually occur, it would “constitute a serious breach of the law.”
But what is very curious (and revealing) about this is the refusal of Gibbs or anyone else at the White House to say exactly what was said in the conversation and who made the offer – we are apparently just supposed to accept their self-evaluation that nothing “inappropriate” happened.
There are obviously three possible scenarios here.
Rep. Sestak is either
1) telling the truth
2) lying
3) the conversations didn’t take place in the manner that Sestak has recalled.
In all three cases, however, we need a full accounting of what occurred because each scenario has important political and legal implications. Sestak, as an elected official, also has an ethical obligation to reveal the details of what happened, particularly if a crime was committed.
His position that he has “said all I’m going to say on the matter” does not meet his fiduciary responsibilities to the public or to Congress.
Section 600 statute states:
Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, compensation, contract, appointment, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in connection with any general or special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/05/26/sestak-obama-and-the-law/
when the last administration was in office. If we are truly freedom loving individuals can we at least acknowledge that we have had a sucession of bums running the country for my life time?
