Posted on 03/24/2010 1:56:55 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House Oversight committee, told CBS News Wednesday that he will call for a special prosecutor to investigate the White House if it does not address Rep. Joe Sestak's claim that he was offered a federal job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary.
"If the public doesn't receive a satisfactory answer, the next step would be to call for a special prosecutor, which is well within the statute," Issa (pictured) told Hotsheet.
The California Republican has been pushing for the White House to provide details of conversations between Sestak and administration officials in the wake of Sestak's comment during a radio interview last month that he was offered a high-ranking administration job in exchange for dropping his primary challenge against Sen. Arlen Specter.
Asked if that job was secretary of the Navy, Sestak declined to comment. His press secretary told CBS News that the lawmaker stands by his original statement that he was offered the job in exchange for an administration post. Sestak did not drop out of the race.
On March 10th, Issa sent a letter to White House lawyer Robert Bauer asking for details about communications between Sestak and the White House. In the letter, he pointed to statutes he said could have been violated if Sestak was offered a quid pro quo arrangement in which he would be given an administration job in exchange for leaving the race.
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Yes.
I just can’t believe what this President has done to our country.
I still don’t get why he would talk. If there is no legal action, then there is nothing to be said. Am I slow today? LOL
What President?
He does seem fearless.
Keep on it, Darrell!
Ouch.
Perhaps you haven't been watching Issa. He's no pushover.
I am very proud of the work the California representatives did in opposition to ObamaCare, and I support Issa’s decision, even though I know it will bring tremendous pressure to him.
But if he can hang the "untouchable" gangster Obama then I say "Go Darrell" YEAH ! !
How about all the votes that were just bought to get the healthcare bill passed???
Issa is Lebanese...and quite a mixed bag. Sometimes he’s good. Other times, he ain’t.
Darrell Issa
AKA Darrell E. Issa
Born: 1-Nov-1953
Birthplace: Cleveland, OH
Gender: Male
Religion: Eastern Orthodox
Race or Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Personally financed the 2003 California recall
Military service: US Army (1970-72 and 1976-80); US Army Reserve (1980-88)
Father: (truck salesman)
Mother: (homemaker)
Brother: William Issa (convicted car thief)
Wife: Katherine (”Kathy”, m. 1980)
Son: William
High School: (dropped out)
University: AA, Kent State University (1976)
University: BA, Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI (1976)
US Congressman, California 49th (2003-)
US Congressman, California 48th (2001-03)
Campaign America Inc.
Friends of Duke Cunningham
Friends of George Allen
George W. Bush for President
John McCain 2008
National Republican Congressional Committee
Quayle 2000
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Wilson Council
California Recall Election Instigated the recall
Car Theft San Jose, CA 28-Dec-1979, case dismissed
Car Theft indicted in Cleveland, OH 1972, charge dropped
Unlawful Possession of a Firearm (unregistered hangun) arrested in Adrian, MI, pled guilty 16-Jan-1973, fined $100
Lebanese Ancestry
Official Website:
http://www.issa.house.gov/
with all of Obama's experience in Chicago as a community organizer , I am sure all the tracks are well covered before the checks are ever cut
YES!
LOL. I am aware there is an illegal alien from Kenya in the White House but that’s about it.
It’s not Tea Parties who cause their fear and trembling.
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Huckaby said the most interesting thing to Hannity.
He said Congress is suffering from Stockhold Syndrome.
They have begun to sympathize with their captors ... namely
Pelosi, Reid and Obama.
Father God... In Jesus name, put a Spirit of fear over
those who would dare cross the line Pelosi, Reid and
Obama have drawn.
Father God... In Jesus name, as You strengthen the resolve
and intestinal fortitute of the Righteous in Congress,
bring a Spirit of weakness and fatigue over Pelosi, Reid
& Obama.
Father God... In Jesus name, cause their knees to buckle
so they cannot stand. Cause their mouths to go dry so
they cannot speak.
Father God... In Jesus name, cause the wicked to grow
weary and the Righteous to grow stronger.
Arlen’s ego gonna get Obama impeached. he he
Arlen couldn’t just exit stage left without causing a fuss. Instead Spector’s ego and Obama’s promise to repay Spector for leaving the Rep at the most opportune time are gonna get Obama impeached.
Obama and his thugs do pay to play everyday and forget that it’s ILLEGAL.
Obama gonna get impeached. Selling a position to keep Arlen in his position is ILLEGAL.
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