The Sestak Bribe - Who in the WH made the call?

"We have concluded that allegations of improper conduct rest on factual errors and lack a basis in law," said White House counsel Robert Bauer in a memorandum issued on Friday. "Such discussions are fully consistent with the relevant law and ethical requirements."

Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, disputed that conclusion.

"The White House has admitted today to coordinating an arrangement that would represent an illegal quid-pro-quo as federal law prohibits directly or indirectly offering any position or appointment, paid or unpaid, in exchange for favors connected with an election," Issa said in a statement.

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JustOneWay said:

What is this? Scooby doo hour?

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aisy_Day said:

Well, the whole thing is comical.

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GoodGuy32 said:

LOL..

More Scooby snacks.

American Thinker Blog: Original Sestak Admission At Odds With White House Spin

"So you were offered a job by someone in the White House?"

"Yes."


[FONT=times new roman,times]At the end of the taping, Sestak looked surprised and said, "You are the first person who ever asked me that question."[/FONT]
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Kane called the White House Press Office that afternoon and played the interview for a staffer, who promised that someone would call Kane back. A few minutes later, at 3:45 PM, another staffer called and said the White House would call back with a reaction "shortly."

At 6:45 the next morning, 15 hours later, a Deputy Press Secretary called and said, "You can say the White House says it's not true."

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JustOneWay said:

Jack Cashill is a weekly contributor to the WorldNetDaily

more right wing manufactured outrage....

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GoodGuy32 said:

Crimes and Criminal Procedure - 18 USC Section 600

Sec. 600. Promise of employment or other benefit for political activity

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 under this
title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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JustOneWay said:

What would a hero do in this situation?

Wow that Ronald Reagan was super corrupt, right @DarrellIssa? on Twitpic

After impeaching Obama, perhaps we should ask Texas to change the history books to include the super hero Reagan was nothing more than a corrupt man who got away with criminal acts....

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Hayakawa said in a statement, "I have not contacted the White House in regard to any administration or ambassadorial post, and they have not been in contact with me."

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GoodGuy32 said:

So, you change this to be about Reagan and not the current administration to make it all better for you?

However, there is a little problem in your charges against super hero Reagan.



So, basically your interference falls flat against the curruption we are witnessing today.

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“People offer members of Congress things all the time,” Melanie Sloan, a former federal prosecutor and now the executive director of the liberal government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), told CNSNews.com. “I don’t think there is any issue. I don’t see the crime.”

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JustOneWay said:

CNSNews.com - Justice Dept Should Probe Alleged White House Offer to Rep. Sestak, Legal Experts Say

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“A bribe would need to be a quid pro quo,” Marsh told CNSNews.com. “Saying, ‘take the secretary of the Navy position’ versus saying, ‘take the secretary of the Navy position if you don’t run against Specter’ is a huge difference.”

Marsh added that “without more facts there does not seem to be an established crime.”

“It’s Sestak’s word against the White House,” she added. “The White House is not refuting it completely, which leaves us with an uncomfortable feeling. If someone says we will give this for that, then that is pretty close to a full-scale crime.”

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It needs to be investigated and the [Eric] Holder Justice Department is fundamentally incapable of a clean investigation, so a respected independent prosecutor should be appointed.

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