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'''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, § 595. [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/718/usc_sec_18_00000595----000-.html Interference by administrative employees of Federal, State, or Territorial Governments], law.cornell.edu, U.S. Code.</ref><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> After the GOP secured the House in the 2010 Midterm elections, Rep. Issa has said he will not pursue Jobsgate so as to not look like a partisan witch hunt by the subpoena of [[Bill Clinton]]. He will vigorously focus on other crimes committed by the Obama administration.

'''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>   On February 18, 2010, Philadelphia TV anchor Larry Kane reported that he had asked Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak, who was challenging incumbent Senator Arlen Specter, whether it was true that the Obama administration had offered Sestak a job if he would withdraw from his primary challenge to Specter.  Sestak answered "yes," specifically saying the offer came from someone in the White House and that he, Sestak, turned down the offer.<ref>http://www.larrykane.com/2010/02/18/sestak-surprises-me-with-a-bombshell-statement/</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, § 595. [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/718/usc_sec_18_00000595----000-.html Interference by administrative employees of Federal, State, or Territorial Governments], law.cornell.edu, U.S. Code.</ref><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]], 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, went on to win that race but was still not 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> After the GOP secured the House in the 2010 Midterm elections, Rep. Issa said he will not pursue Jobsgate so as to not look like a partisan witch hunt by the subpoena of [[Bill Clinton]].{{fact}} He will vigorously focus on other crimes committed by the Obama administration.

==Joe Sestak's Job Offer==

==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/>  

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. Sestak adamantly refused to name who it was that made the offer; 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.

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/>}} After the GOP secured the House in the 2010 Midterm elections, Rep. Issa has said he will not pursue Jobsgate so as to not look like a partisan witch hunt by the subpoena of [[Bill Clinton]]. He will vigorously focus on other crimes committed by the Obama administration.

{{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/>}} After the GOP secured the House in the 2010 Midterm elections, Rep. Issa has said he will not pursue Jobsgate so as to not look like a partisan witch hunt by the subpoena of [[Bill Clinton]].{{fact}} He will vigorously focus on other crimes committed by the Obama administration.

    

    

==Cover up==

==Cover up==