Holder ignoring bribes under his nose

May 18, 2010 05:26


Given credible allegations that federal laws against offering federal jobs in return for political favors were broken, a previous Washington Examiner editorial asked: “Isn’t that enough for somebody at the Department of Justice to start asking some serious questions?” The answer to that question still appears to be a resounding “no.”

Washington Examiner Editorial


Last fall, the Denver Postreported that somebody in the Obama White House offered a plum job to former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff on the condition that he drop his Democratic primary challenge to Sen. Michael Bennett. Then in February, Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., told a talk radio program that somebody in the Obama White House had offered him a job in exchange for dropping his Democratic primary challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter. Given credible allegations that federal laws against offering federal jobs in return for political favors were broken, a previous Washington Examiner editorial asked: “Isn’t that enough for somebody at the Department of Justice to start asking some serious questions?” The answer to that question still appears to be a resounding “no.” Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the ranking minority member of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, last week asked Attorney General Eric Holder point-blank whether he was investigating “an allegation that this White House has committed three felonies in offering a member of Congress a high-ranking position in this administration in return for getting out of the primary.” In response, Holder put on an epic demonstration of how to dance around a question without answering it. First, Holder told Issa he couldn’t comment on any allegations that might come under the purview of the Justice Department.

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