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Judicial Watch Files Congressional Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Joe Sestak Over Obama White House Jobs Scandal
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| Last Edited | Scott³ Jul 08, 2010 06:09pm |
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| News Date | Friday, July 9, 2010 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has filed a congressional ethics complaint against Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak for allegedly conspiring with the Obama White House to "cover up criminal conduct regarding job offers made to Congressman Sestak in exchange for leaving a political campaign." As Judicial Watch notes in its complaint, Rep. Sestak changed his story regarding the details of the job offer "after consulting with the White House."
According to Judicial Watch's complaint, dated July 7, 2010: "...The record of statements made to the media suggest that Congressman Sestak and Obama White House officials conspired to cover up the facts of a job offer made to Congressman Sestak in an effort to avoid criminal sanctions for violation of the Hatch Act and other federal laws. And by so doing they may have engaged in a criminal conspiracy."
In his initial statement to the press in February 2010, Rep. Sestak said he had been offered a "federal job" in an effort to dissuade him from challenging Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary. He remained consistent to this initial statement through the end of May. On May 28th the White House released its official statement on the job offer and found "no improper conduct regarding Congressman Sestak." Moreover, the White House claimed Sestak had not been offered a job, but rather "unpaid service on a presidential advisory board" by former President Bill Clinton at the behest of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
After the White House issued its public statement, Rep. Sestak then changed his account suggesting he was not offered "a federal job," but rather the White House made an "advisory board offer." One day before the White House released its statement, Sestak admitted in a press interview the Obama White House contacted his brother to tell him "what's going to occur." |
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