Congressman Issa: Administration details of Sestak-Romanoff confirm illegal activity

WND ^ | 6/10/2010 | Bob Unruh

[Qbert]

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and one of his top aides, Jim Messina, have been referred to the government's Office of Special Counsel for an investigation into whether they violated the Hatch Act by offering administration jobs to two political candidates in exchange for dropping out of their races.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, wrote in letters to William Reukauf, the acting U.S. special counsel, that the statements by the White House and the two candidates involved – Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., and former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff – are "prima facie" evidence of violations.

The act prohibits "the use of official authority or influence by federal employees for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election," Issa's letters dated yesterday – one referring Emanuel and one referring Messina – explained.

"In the White House's June 3, 2010, public statement, Mr. [Robert] Gibbs claimed that clearing the field for a candidate preferred by the White House was not problematic because 'there was no offer of a job.' There is evidence to the contrary," wrote Issa.

"Additionally, a finding of a Hatch Act violation does not require that a job was formally offered; any use of official authority by a restricted federal official to interfere with or affect the outcome of an election is unlawful," he wrote.

[NorCoGOP]

...use of official authority by a restricted federal official to interfere with or affect the outcome of an election is unlawful

But, but...The One promised "the most transparent" and ethical administration ever...

...could it be that he confused transparency with "smoke and mirrors"?

That seems to be the case...

[muawiyah]

Is Messina Jewish too?

Remember, ever since the Democrats went after "Scooter" Libby they've discovered that it's real popular with their rank and file to just blame everything on "the Jews" or, as they call them, the Neo Cons.

[shalom aleichem]

Go get ‘em Issa! We should help Issa by setting up a thread on every scrap of video that Sestak et al has on discussing what was or was not offered. There are many conflicting statements.

[Ann Archy]

Sadly Darryl.....NOTHING WILL HAPPEN....they are DEMOCRATS....they will get by with MURDER and they KNOW IT!!

[quintr]

“...setting up a thread on every scrap of video that Sestak et al has on discussing what was or was not offered...”

Great idea. It would be nice to have everything in one place. There are a lot of lurkers here on FR who can be convinced that Obama is not what he said he was.

And since there’s such equal polarity between the Democrats and the Republicans, it seems that there’s a small percentage of indies who effectively elect the president of the United States.The number 3% of the independents runs through my mind as the presidential deciders, but I could be mistaken on that number. If I am, please let me know. Seriously.

— Jane Reinheimer