Congressman Darrell Issa is toying with the idea of filing an ethics complaint against fellow House member Joe Sestak, the winner of the Senatorial Democratic primary in Pennsylvania. Issa claims that Sestak's refusal to respond to questions about an alleged quid pro quo wherein the White House offered Sestak a job within the administration in exchange for dropping out of the primary to allow White House buddy Arlen Specter to receive the nomination. Issa claims that the charges could amount to felony bribery and election interference.
Sestak admitted in February that the administration made the offer, but he refuses to elaborate on the details. At the time Sestak said he got quite a few calls and refused the offer as bowing out of the race would "hurt the democratic process." Sestak is now quietly trying to protect his frenemies in the White House since he'll need their support to win the election in November. Issa isn't standing for it and said that "either Congressman Sestak is lying, which would be an ethical violation, or he is covering up three felonies by members of the administration, which of course would be an ethical violation."
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