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05-29-2010, 06:56 PM
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64R43U20100528?type=politicsNews
(Reuters) - The White House acknowledged on Friday that it tried to get Representative Joe Sestak to drop his Senate bid in exchange for an unpaid job with the administration, but said an internal review concluded it broke no laws.
The position would have enabled Sestak to stay in the House of Representatives and avoid a divisive Senate Democratic primary race back home in Pennsylvania against a White House-backed candidate, Arlen Specter.
Speaking with reporters afterward, Sestak said he sensed no wrongdoing and didn't let Clinton talk about it long enough to hear details of the offer. "It was about either intelligence or defense," he said of the conversation, which he said lasted less than a minute.
Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, disagreed.
"The White House has admitted today to coordinating an arrangement that would represent an illegal quid-pro-quo as federal law prohibits directly or indirectly offering any position or appointment, paid or unpaid, in exchange for favors connected with an election," Issa said in a statement.
(Reuters) - The White House acknowledged on Friday that it tried to get Representative Joe Sestak to drop his Senate bid in exchange for an unpaid job with the administration, but said an internal review concluded it broke no laws.
The position would have enabled Sestak to stay in the House of Representatives and avoid a divisive Senate Democratic primary race back home in Pennsylvania against a White House-backed candidate, Arlen Specter.
Speaking with reporters afterward, Sestak said he sensed no wrongdoing and didn't let Clinton talk about it long enough to hear details of the offer. "It was about either intelligence or defense," he said of the conversation, which he said lasted less than a minute.
Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, disagreed.
"The White House has admitted today to coordinating an arrangement that would represent an illegal quid-pro-quo as federal law prohibits directly or indirectly offering any position or appointment, paid or unpaid, in exchange for favors connected with an election," Issa said in a statement.