Arlen Specter says if the White House offered Joe Sestak a job a crime was committed

  According to Joe Sestak someone in the Obama administration offered him a high profile job within the administration if he would agree not to run against Arlen Specter in the primary.

  If this is true, the White House– or whoever was involved– has committed a federal crime. It is against the law for any federal employee to use his authority “for the purpose of interfering with, or affecting, the nomination or the election of any candidate.” And if the allegations that Joe Sestak has repeatedly made are true, that is exactly what has happened.

  Darrel Issa has sent a letter to Barack Obama’s attorney asking if there is going to be an investigation into this matter but as of yet there has been no reply.

  In an interesting twist, Arlen Specter is now stating that he never made a deal with the White House before switching parties that would ensure he would not have an opponent in a primary, while also admitting that if the White House did offer Joe Sestak a job than a crime was committed.

There is a specific federal statute which makes it a bribe to make an offer for a public office

  But he continued:

And when I was district attorney, if somebody came and told me that, I would say, well, name names, name dates, name places. That’s a very, very serious charge. It’s a big black smear without the specification, but I’m telling you, it is a federal crime punishable by jail. And anybody who wants to say that ought to back it up.

  He is challenging Sestak to name names, and Joe Sestak should. As Arlen Specter stated, these are serious charges and if they are true somebody in the White House has committed a federal crime. But so far Joe Sestak hasn’t furnished any proof and he hasn’t gone on record as saying who approached him with the job offer.

  I honestly can’t understand what Joe Sestak could possibly have to gain from lying about something like this. I want to take him at his word, and I don’t find the accusation to be unbelievable. Joe Sestak has leveled these charges and this is an issue that needs to be investigated. Either Joe Sestak is lying or he is telling the truth and the White House has committed a crime. Either way, we need to know the truth.