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US Representative Joe Sestak allegedly offered job by Obama to stay out of Senate election

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Friday, May 28, 2010

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Joe Sestak's congressional photo
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US Representative Joe Sestak, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, says that he was offered a job in the Obama administration if he would drop out of a Senate primary election. Obama told journalists in a news conference that an official report on the allegations will be released "shortly". 

Sestak made the allegations first in February. Media attention grew, however, only when he defeated Arlen Specter, the incumbent senator and White House-preferred candidate, in the Senate primary last week. Since then, there has been more pressure on the Obama administration to reveal what they discussed with Sestak. 

Republican leaders have asked the Attorney General's office to review the legal implications of this job offer, but the Justice Department has rejected other requests to investigate or appoint a special prosecutor. 

Sources

  • Paul Kane. Sestak says his brother, White House met about alleged job offer — The Washington Post, May 28, 2010
  • Obama Promises Response on Question of Job Offer — The New York Times, May 27, 2010


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