Specter Opens Door on White House Felonies

Jeffrey Lord The American Spectator 3/16/2010

“There’s a crime called misprision of a felony. Misprision of a felony is when you don’t report a crime. So you’re getting into pretty deep areas here in these considerations.” — U.S. Senator Arlen Specter on March 12, 2010

“Right now, they’re doing the ‘I won’t confirm or […]

Issa accuses White House of ‘Nixonian’ cover-up

Eric Zimmermann The Hill 3/15/2010

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is intensifying his rhetoric against the White House, accusing them of a “Nixonian” cover-up of a possibly illegal job offer.

For weeks, Issa has been suggesting the White House may have broken a law by allegedly offering Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) an administration job in exchange […]

The Sestak bribe allegation may be nearing critical mass

Jeff Hedgpeth NewsRealBlog 2010 March 13

Congressman Joe Sestak, who is running against Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, is causing a furor with his accusation that someone in the Obama Administration offered him a Federal job to drop out of that state’s Democratic Senate Primary…

…If Sestak’s claim is true, then as Senator Specter says […]

GOP Lawmaker Darrell Issa: Did White House Break the Law?

Brian Montopoli CBS News 3/10/2010

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California has written a letter to the White House general counsel questioning whether the White House broke the law by offering Rep. Joe Sestak a job in exchange for not challenging Sen. Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary.

Sestak said last month that he […]

Gibbs Not Ready to Deny White House Offered Sestak Job to Get Him Out of Race

CNSNews.com 3/1/2010

White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs is not ready to deny White House offered Rep. Joe Sestak a tax-funded job not to run against Sen. Arlen Specter.

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