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The Plame Precedent Drumbeat grows louder: GOP senators call for Sestak special prosecutor
Today all seven Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging Holder to appoint a special investigator to probe Rep. Joe Sestak’s allegations against the White House.
Last February, Sestak said the Obama White House offered him a high-ranking government job if Sestak would refrain from challenging Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania primary. Sestak declined and last week won the Democratic nomination. Sestak has repeated his charge on several occasions but refuses to say who at the White House offered the job or what was said. The White House says nothing improper happened but has offered no details.
“The allegations in this matter are very serious and, if true, suggest a possible violation of various federal criminal laws intended to safeguard our political process from the taint of bribes and political machine manipulation,” the GOP senators say in the letter to Holder. “The White House cannot possibly manage an internal investigation of potential criminal misconduct while simultaneously crafting a public narrative to rebut the claim that misconduct occurred.”
Read more at the Washington Examiner: www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/drumbeat-grows-louder-gop-senators-call-for-sestak-special-prosecutor-94951914.html#ixzz0pC2j53qj
