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'''Jobsgate''' refers to the scandal in the [[Obama Administration]] where someone in the administration allegedly offered Congressman [[Joe Sestak]] a federal job in exchange for his withdrawal from the primary against incumbent U.S. Senator Michael Bennet. <ref>http://spectator.org/archives/2010/03/16/specter-opens-door-on-white-ho</ref> Under [[America|American]] [[law]], it is a federal crime to offer someone a federal position in exchange for favors. <ref>http://vlex.com/vid/acceptance-solicitation-obtain-appointive-19190192</ref>
'''Jobsgate''' refers to the scandal in the [[Obama Administration]] where someone in the administration allegedly offered Congressman [[Joe Sestak]] a federal job in exchange for his withdrawal from the primary against incumbent U.S. Senator Michael Bennet.<ref>Jeffrey Lord. [http://spectator.org/archives/2010/03/16/specter-opens-door-on-white-ho Specter Opens Door on White House Felonies], ''The American Spectator'', March 16, 2010.</ref><ref>Tim Shoemaker. [http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33660 Jobsgate: Obama's Watergate?], ''Campaign For Liberty'', March 18, 2010.</ref> Under [[America|American]] [[law]], it is a federal crime to offer someone a federal position in exchange for favors.<ref name=stonewall>Jeffrey Lord. [http://spectator.org/blog/2010/03/17/gibbs-jobsgate-stonewall-day-2 Gibbs' Jobsgate Stonewall: Day 23], ''The American Spectator'', March 18, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://vlex.com/vid/acceptance-solicitation-obtain-appointive-19190192 Watergate to Jobsgate], ''VOX'', March 17, 2010.</ref>
{{cquote|Jobsgate, as we call it here, refers to the emphatic charge of Congressman Joe Sestak, the Pennsylvania Democrat challenging Senator Arlen Specter for renomination, that someone (unnamed) in the Obama White House offered him a job if he would withdraw his candidacy. [...] Senator Arlen Specter, on Friday, said that making this offer, as Sestak claims was done, is a federal crime. And that Sestak may be committing "misprision of a felony" simply by not reporting a federal crime to the proper authorities.<ref name=stonewall/>}}
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[[Category:United States Political Scandals]]
[[Category:Corruption]]
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