First Comes Special Prosecutor, Then Comes Impeachment

Obama and Sestak sitting in a tree... I thought this might heat up, and it certainly hasn't cooled down. Republican Darrell Issa is moving forward with calls for an investigation into alleged bribery by the Obama Administration.

Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House Oversight committee, told CBS News Wednesday that he will call for a special prosecutor to investigate the White House if it does not address Rep. Joe Sestak's claim that he was offered a federal job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary.

"If the public doesn't receive a satisfactory answer, the next step would be to call for a special prosecutor, which is well within the statute," Issa (pictured) told Hotsheet.

The California Republican has been pushing for the White House to provide details of conversations between Sestak and administration officials in the wake of Sestak's comment during a radio interview last month that he was offered a high-ranking administration job in exchange for dropping his primary challenge against Sen. Arlen Specter.

You see, it's a federal offense to attempt to bribe anyone with a promise of employment for some sort of political activity. I.e. bribing Sestak with a postition as the Secretary of the Navy in return for dropping out of the race against Arlen Specter. Just so we're all on the same page here:

18 U.S.C. § 600. Promise of employment or other benefit for political activity

Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, compensation, contract, appointment, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in connection with any general or special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

However, I would like to note that before any taxpayer money is spent to hire the special prosecutor, PeeBo is innocent because only eeeevil Republicans are the ones who violate the law from the White House. Democrats only mean well, but their benevolent intentions are misconstrued into something sinister by Republicans who only want to steal your Medicare.

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The White House Bribes Another Congressman

Bart Gordon and friend check out Bart's new digs.

And in other news, grass is, in fact green.

Via Instapundit:

Bart Gordon promised a job as NASA Administrator for Health Care vote?

Rand Simberg is not a Bart Gordon fan.

If true, this has at least two implications. First, the administration is willing to throw Charlie Bolden under the bus. Second, they’re also willing to throw the new plans for NASA under the bus for health care, because Gordon (who just happens to be the relevant committee chairman) has expressed skepticism about them.

There’s also a rumor that another retiring Tennessee Rep., John Tanner, has been promised a job as Ambassador to NATO. I wonder if Republicans in the Senate will interfere with appointments like this? I’d say so.

The Transterrestrial Musings post quotes from this Human Events Post.

Most interesting rumor from the Hill yesterday: Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) who announced his retirement from Congress has been promised the job of NASA administrator in exchange for his vote, and Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.), another retiring Democrat, has been promised an appointment as U.S. Ambassador to NATO in exchange for his vote.

Glenn is reporting that Gordon has announced he is now a 'Yes' vote on the bill.

But shhhh! It's a secret par for the course. So much so, that no one is even attempting to hide it.

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