Sestak Confirms Job Offer from White House

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday May 24, 2010

Rep. Joe Sestak has confirmed that the White House offered him a job to convince him to drop out of the Pennsylvania Senate race:

Rep. Joe Sestak, winner of the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary, is refusing to provide more information on what job he was offered by a White House official to drop of that race, although he confirmed again that the incident occurred.

The White House was backing incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) in the primary. Sestak acknowledged in an interview in February that he was offered a position by an unnamed White House official - a potential violation of federal law - but has not offered any specifics on conversation. Republicans are trying to use the issue against Sestak in the November Senate race.

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