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Issa set to ask for special prosecutor on Sestak’s job-offer claim

Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is keeping up his push to find out more about whether Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) was really offered a job in exchange for dropping his Senate primary run against Arlen Specter.

Issa told CBS News that he will call for a special prosecutor if the White House doesn’t address his questions on the matter. Sestak has been asked about it repeatedly since first making the claim during an interview with Larry Kane, and the White House has offered only tepid denials.

“If the public doesn’t receive a satisfactory answer,” Issa said, “the next step would be to call for a special prosecutor, which is well within the statute.”

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March 24, 2010 at 11:55 pm

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  1. Bryan H

    Mar 24th, 2010

    There should be a club for Democrats who Joe Sestak has thrown under the bus.

  2. WESTPADEM6

    Mar 24th, 2010

    if there was a crime, and he didnt report it… sestak could be going to the slammer, couldnt he?

  3. David Diano

    Mar 24th, 2010

    Bryan H-
    It would be a pretty big club.

    Joe has amazing dexterity. He can put his foot his mouth and shoot himself in the foot all at the same time.

  4. David Diano

    Mar 24th, 2010

    WestDem-
    Joe seems to have a problem with Congressman whose name ends with …ssa

  5. Anonymous

    Mar 24th, 2010

    Bryan H: Indeed. Representative Sestak has no allegiance to the Democratic Party; he is a self-interested, self-involved, self-seeking, self-serving demagogue, and always has been. Perhaps those who have voiced support for Sestak in times past will at last come to this realization. Sestak is a narcissistic man whose sole aim to further his own narrow interests (and those of lawbreaking labor racketeers).

    Westpadem6: Oh he will be. He will be…

  6. HateSestak

    Mar 24th, 2010

    Sorry – didn’t mean to post as “Anonymous.”

  7. HaverfordDemocrat

    Mar 25th, 2010

    Ha Ha Ha Ha! This is great. Now we know that Hate has been posting under multiple names trying to him his points. Oh man, you may have just become more pathetic than Diano!

  8. David Diano

    Mar 25th, 2010

    Haverford Dem-
    You are still anonymous. How pathetic is that?

  9. MontcoLiberal

    Mar 25th, 2010

    If this is the worst they can pin on Sestak, he’ll still stand head and shoulders above the snake he’s running against.

    Issa no doubt wants a prosecutor on the case, because that’s one less they can sic on him.

  10. Bruce Bailey

    Mar 25th, 2010

    Issa=Specter crony. Who’s throwing the White House under the bus?

    When Issa needed a Senate sponsor for his patent-judge bill, who did he go to? Snarlin’ Arlen, of course:

    Thurs., Jan. 22, 2009 – U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee…today introduced the Senate and House companion bills…

    “Sen. Specter’s support for this legislation is a critical boost,” Rep. Issa…

    Now Issa is just returning the favor.

  11. Brett

    Mar 25th, 2010

    Issa is just a publicity hound OOWOO Bark Bark

  12. David Diano

    Mar 25th, 2010

    Bruce-
    Gee, did the Sestak campaign feed you that one? :-)
    They should do their research better. Joe Sestak VOTED for the bill. LOL!! :-)

    http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR00628:@@@X
    3/17/2009 3:23pm:
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 409 – 7 (Roll no. 130). (text: CR H3456-3457)

    The vote:
    http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll130.xml

  13. Lana

    Mar 29th, 2010

    The little admiral is so self centered, I should know as he is my congressman in the 7th. He does nothing but collects a big salary. I can;t wait till May and the primary when he is bad history . If your thought Weldon to be bad, Joe is much worse in most people’s eyes. He will wind up making more money on K street, mark my words. I just wish people would know the snake that he is, those that do will never support him. Bye, Bye Joe the snake

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