WASHINGTON, May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Judicial  Watch President Tom Fitton issued the following statement today regarding the  federal position allegedly offered by the Obama White House to Rep. Joe Sestak  (D-PA).  Rep. Sestak has claimed  repeatedly that the Obama White House tried to persuade him to abandon his  Democratic primary challenge to Senator Arlen Specter by offering a high-level  position in the Obama administration.

Rep. Sestak's allegations are extremely serious and yet  we've heard nothing from the Obama White House so far but vague denials of  wrongdoing and outright stonewalling.   

It's time for everyone involved in this scandal to come  clean.  There is simply no wiggle  room.  Either Sestak lied about the  federal job offer or someone at the White House likely committed a felony.  It's that simple. 

Attorney General Eric Holder's refusal to appoint a  special counsel in the matter is a disgrace and will not stand. 

This latest bribery allegation reflects a disturbing  pattern by the Obama White House.   We still don't have all the details about involvement of Obama  administration officials in the sale of Obama's former Illinois U.S. Senate seat  by Rod Blagojevich.  And we still  don't have answers about the charge that Obama Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina  offered a federal job to Colorado Democratic Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff to  keep him out of the Senate race.   There is also the report that President Obama tried to push disgruntled  White House Counsel Greg Craig out of the White House by offering a federal  judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.  And now we have Joe Sestak.

The Chicago Machine has truly come to  Washington.

Truth fears no inquiry.  If the Obama White House has nothing to  hide then it will ask for and fully cooperate with thorough Justice Department  and congressional investigations of this scandal.

According to Judicial Watch, the following laws (among others) may  have been violated in the Sestak matter:   18 USC 210:  Offer to procure  appointive public office; 18 USC 211:  Acceptance of solicitation to obtain appointive public office; 18 USC 595:  Interference by administrative employees by Federal, State or Territorial  Governments; and 18  USC 600: Promise of employment or  other benefit for political activity.

SOURCE Judicial Watch

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