Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) said he may file an ethics complaint over his colleague Joe Sestak’s refusal to answer questions about an alleged quid pro quo, in which the White House offered Sestak an administration job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania Democratic primary. Issa has long suggested that such an offer could rise to the level of felony bribery and election interference.

Indeed, Sestak has himself said that the administration made such an offer, but has refused to elaborate on the details.

Washington Examiner has the story:

“If Congressman Sestak will not tell us, then to be honest the only choice we have is to deal with this from a standpoint of congressional integrity,” Issa told The Washington Examiner. “Under our ethics rules, either Congressman Sestak is lying, which would be an ethical violation, or he is covering up three felonies by members of the administration, which of course would be an ethical violation.”
In an interview with The Examiner, Sestak said he rejected the job offer by the Obama administration because he didn’t feel it would benefit Pennsylvania’s working families.
“Washington, D.C., seems to thrive on deal making,” Sestak said. “And in the military, I learned to make decisions based upon the facts, not politics, and that is how I ran my campaign.”
Sestak declined to elaborate on the job offer, referring to his original interview with Pennsylvania’s KYW radio reporter Larry Kane, who asked Sestak in February, “Were you ever offered a federal job to get out of this race?”
Sestak replied “yes,” and later added, “Let me just say that both here in Pennsylvania, and down there [Washington], I was called quite a few times. And all I said is, ‘Look, I felt when a deal is made that it was hurting the democratic process.’ “

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