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Line 1: − '''Jobsgate''' refers to the scandal in the [[Obama Administration]] where someone in the [[White House]] allegedly offered Congressman [[Joe Sestak]] a federal job in exchange for his withdrawal from the primary against incumbent U.S. [[Senator]] [[Arlen Specter]].<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> If the allegations were proven true, it could be violation of the U.S. Criminal Code, Title 18.<ref>Title 18, Chapter 29, § 600. [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/718/usc_sec_18_00000600----000-.html Promise of employment or other benefit for political activity], law.cornell.edu, U.S. Code.</ref><ref name=coverup>Kimberly Schwandt. [http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/19/white-house-press-corp-vs-gibbs-on-sestak/ White House Press Corp vs. Gibbs on Sestak], ''[[Fox News]]'', March 19, 2010.</ref> Joe Sestak's allegation that the White House offered him a job to drop out of the [[Pennsylvania]] [[2010_Midterm_Elections#Democratic_incumbents|Senate primary]] race against Arlen Specter is a crime that could lead to the [[impeachment]] of President Obama.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/25/congressman-white-house-job-offer-sestak-impeachable-offense/ Congressman: White House Job Offer to Sestak May Be an 'Impeachable' Offense], FOXNews.com, May 25, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,593482,00.html Rove on Sestak-White House 'Job Offer': Somebody Broke the Law], ''[[Fox News]]'', May 25, 2010.</ref> The press secretary, [[Robert Gibbs]], has since shut down questions about Joe Sestak's claim that the Obama administration offered him a job in exchange for dropping out of the Senate Democratic primary race against Pennsylvania Sen. [[Arlen Specter]]. Sestak, who did not take the alleged offer, won that race but has not been willing to elaborate on his allegation in media interviews.<ref name=scandal-anatomy>James Rosen. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/19/anatomy-scandal-curious-case-joe-sestaks-job-offer/ Anatomy of a Scandal: The Curious Case of Joe Sestak's Job Offer], FOXNews.com, Retrieved March 20, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/26/gibbs-cracks-whip-administration-faces-new-criticism/ Gibbs Cracks Whip as Administration Faces New Criticism], FOXNews.com, May 26, 2010.</ref>+ − − ==Joe Sestak's Job Offer== − Joe Sestak alleges the Obama administration offered the second-term congressman a "high-ranking" job if he would abandon his primary challenge against Senator Arlen Specter. Both the accuser and the accused refuse to talk about the charges amid the growing [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] scandal.<ref name=scandal-anatomy/> − − The American Spectator reported on the Jobsgate [[scandal]], and how Sestak may be committing "misprision of a [[felony]]" simply by not reporting a federal [[crime]] to the proper authorities. − {{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/>}} − − ==Andrew Romanoff's Job Offer== − The Denver Post alleged that Obama White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina offered a high ranking job with foreign aid agency USAID to ex-Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff in exchange for dropping plans to challenge incumbent U.S. Senator Michael Bennet. <ref>[http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13429758 D.C. job alleged as attempt to deter Romanoff, Denver Post, September 27, 2009]</ref> Romanoff turned down the overture and the White House endorsed Bennet. The White House would say that no job was ever offered to Romanoff and Romanoff declined to discuss any such communication with the White House. − − ==Cover up== − 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 five 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/>}} − − ==References== − <references/> − − [[Category:United States Political Scandals]] − [[Category:Obama Administration]] − [[Category:Corruption]] − [[Category:Crime]] − [[category:Deceit]]
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