Darrell Issa to move forward on Joe Sestak investigation even after the primary
I have written several posts about Joe Sestak’s claim that someone in the Obama administration offered him the position of Secretary of the Navy in return for dropping his primary bid against Arlen Specter. If this is a true statement, the person that did this bidding has committed a federal offense. If the assertion by Joe Sestak is false than he has libeled the person in question. Either way, there has to be some closure on this issue.
Darrell Issa is leading the charge to have these accusations investigated and he is preparing to ask Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to the case. Darrell Issa is running out of patience with the administration which promised transparency, because the administration has refused to answer his questions.
We’ve had no direct response, and we’re losing patience with the White House,” Issa told CNSNews.com in an exclusive interview on Capitol Hill. “It clearly knows an offer was made. It is trying to characterize rather than answer the question for the press or for Congress about what this offer was.
He has vowed to fight on even if Eric Holder refuses to appoint a special prosecutor to the case, claiming that he will continue investigating this on his own. With the primary just a month away, Darrell Issa is warning Democrats that once the primary is over not to expect him to drop this investigation.
I think a felony is something you don’t let go of just because an election has occurred
I honestly don’t think that anything is going to come of this, there is no way in hell that Eric Holder is going to appoint a special prosecutor. But I do find it interesting that the Obama administration is remaining quiet on this issue by refusing to answer legitimate questions.
Perhaps if the Republicans manage to win back one branch of congress we will have a chance to see this move forward. It is still a small chance, but it is the only chance we have to get to the bottom of this.
Either Joe Sestak is telling the truth and a federal crime was committed by someone in the Obama administration, or he is lying and has libeled the administration. If he is telling the truth, there is the probability that he cannot prove it. If this is the case he should have kept his mouth shut.
The bottom line here is that the American people deserve to know the truth about what happened one way or the other, and Darrell Issa is doing everything he can to provide us with the answers.
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If the White House refuses to respond, and continues to drag its feet, it will be pretty obvious whether or not Sestak is lying…
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I think that Sestak is telling the truth but I do not think he has the proof.
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This is one of those cases where if the WH has nothing to hide, they should have been more emphatic in making the point. Honestly, this administration has gone to great lengths to appear incompetent and suspicious!
I believe that Sestak probably had a conversation with someone and suggestions were made, possibilities aired, but nothing concrete, the way many conversations are in the corridors of power. I doubt a felony was committed, but Sestak opened his mouth and, IMO, feels he’s got to pursue it to retain his credibility.
Kind of like Tawana Brawley, you know?
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I believe that you are right on here. I think that Sestak did have a conversation with someone, but there is no way to prove it. I also felt when I first heard this story that there was no crime committed because this type of thing happens all the time on both sides of the aisle, but the truth is that this is a crime and Arlen Specter himself has admitted that if this occured a federal crime was committed. I don’t think that we will ever get to the bottom of this.
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This is going nowhere because there is no way to prove it either way. Sestak may have read more than intended into something said about the possibility that he would make a good Secretary of the Navy (he would) during the same discussion about Specter’s run for the Senate as a Democrat. It could easily have been said that, if Sestak is not the Senatorial candidate (which could simply mean losing the Primary), he would certainly be an asset to the White House in SecNav. I seriously doubt that anyone will ever prove that Sestak is lying or that an offer of a position was actually made in exchange for dropping out.
This happens all the time in both Parties. “If you drop out of the race or lose the contest, you’ll be a great choice for many other positions.”
Neither bribery nor libel will be proven and Sestak has no reason to push it further. This is going nowhere beyond the politically motivated background noise made by Toomey advocates.
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You are right, this is going nowhere because it can’t be proven. This happens all the time on both sides, but that does not make it right or acceptable.
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