Sestak admitted he had been offered a job by the Obama administration if he were to withdrawal from the primary against incumbent U.S. Senator Michael Bennet. Sestak turned the alleged job down, but has declined to reveal who in the White House made the apparent offer. Reporters first started pressing [[White House]] Press Secretary [[Robert Gibbs]] on February 23 and had six exchanges with him by mid-March. On March 16, Gibbs finally provided the White House Press Corp with somewhat of an answer.
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Sestak admitted he had been offered a job by the Obama administration if he were to withdrawal from the primary against incumbent U.S. Senator Arlen Specter. Sestak turned the alleged job down, but has declined to reveal who in the White House made the apparent offer. Reporters first started pressing [[White House]] Press Secretary [[Robert Gibbs]] on February 23 and had six exchanges with him by mid-March. On March 16, Gibbs finally provided the White House Press Corp with somewhat of an answer.
{{cquote|I'm told that whatever conversations have been had are not problematic. I think Congressman Sestak has discussed that this is -- whatever happened is in the past, and he's focused on his primary election.<ref name=coverup/>}}
{{cquote|I'm told that whatever conversations have been had are not problematic. I think Congressman Sestak has discussed that this is -- whatever happened is in the past, and he's focused on his primary election.<ref name=coverup/>}}