tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post8383768424197632069..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Admiral Sestak Needs Loose Lips To Save His Sinking ShipWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-53990593849504925582010-05-26T17:44:10.312-04:002010-05-26T17:44:10.312-04:00So Sestak comes out and accuses the President of t...So Sestak comes out and accuses the President of the United States of a crime...and then stops. Seems Big Journalism is missing a few of their most basic lessons in asking questions the rest of us learned in grade school:<br /><br />Who: Specifically who did make this offer to you?<br />What: What specific job was offered to you?<br />Why: Did they specify exactly the reason they were making the offer?<br />When: On what day did you receive the offer?<br />Where: Where were you when the offer was made?<br />How much: Were any other members of your family offered inducements such as this?<br /><br />Mr Senstak, I suggest you get some truthful answers to these questions ready. You may get asked them while under oath.Georg Felishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550333227450728733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-79954140144525706232010-05-26T16:56:01.913-04:002010-05-26T16:56:01.913-04:00OK, that makes more sense.
18 USC 600:
"Who...OK, that makes more sense.<br /><br />18 USC 600:<br /><br />"Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, compensation, contract, appointment, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of<br />Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in connection with any general or<br />special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select<br />candidates for any political office, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both."Conrad Bibbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422935506611755825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-82614405458982853652010-05-26T16:24:38.073-04:002010-05-26T16:24:38.073-04:00Listening to Hannity on the radio now. Two guests...Listening to Hannity on the radio now. Two guests, one said the felony criminal Federal law related to this is 18 USC sec. 600. This has potential to get nasty. Watergate 2.0 - Democrate-Alinsky style.DINORightMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067345219054999889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-62919884204109331162010-05-26T15:53:31.192-04:002010-05-26T15:53:31.192-04:00I believe it was Dick Morris in an interview with ...I believe it was Dick Morris in an interview with Hannity last Monday who said this "job offer if you don't run against Specter" would go beyond a bribe, and would be considered a felony criminal act because it involved impeding an election - not simply a bribe.<br /><br />I saw this Tuesday on the gatewaypundit blog, on video, if you want to watch it: <br /><br />http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/05/dick-morris-sestak-bribery-scandal-is-impeachable-offense-video/<br /><br />Very interesting. Morris did not mention the specific law, but that would be easy to find should the issue finally get the attention it deserves! And, as I said yesterday, this can only go one of two ways - either Sestak is lying, and he is toast, or the Won's admin. is lying, and Sestak will need to open up. If Sestak accepts the label of liar from the admin., then his career is over, and his name is mud. If he's telling the truth, his only way out is to talk now - or his career will die due to the investigation and congressional interrogation which will surely happen. Shades of John Dean. Obama = Nixon on steroids is proving too true.DINORightMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067345219054999889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-42212207275093233562010-05-26T12:58:37.205-04:002010-05-26T12:58:37.205-04:00As I read those statutes, it's not at all clea...As I read those statutes, it's not at all clear to me that they prohibit someone from offering a candidate a job in the administration if they decide to pull out of a Senate race. Is a person's dropping out of a Senate race (or declining to run in the first place) really a "thing of value" within the meaning of the statute? It seems to be of a different nature entirely.<br /><br />Also, because Sestak cannot BOTH serve as U.S. Senator and hold a job within the administration, it seems natural enough for someone to say to him, "if you decide not to run for the Senate seat, we could probably get you into a sub-Cabinet post." You can read that in either of two ways, but it isn't necessarily a quid pro quo. It's almost like saying, "If you decide you want to get out of academia, we could probably get you into a sub-Cabinet post." It's saying, in effect, we would like to offer you a job if your current plans change.<br /><br />None of this excuses the way both Sestak and the WH are stonewalling legitimate inquiries into what was said. Clearly, this is something that should be investigated or at least made transparent for the public to judge. But I don't think this is anywhere near the legal slam dunk that a lot people seem to assume.Conrad Bibbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422935506611755825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-19446399870271783722010-05-26T12:35:02.486-04:002010-05-26T12:35:02.486-04:00But isn't it also Rep Sestak's legal oblig...But isn't it also Rep Sestak's legal obligation as a sitting house member, because of his oath of office as well as a US citizen to report such a violation of the law, and Constitution?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-53603534703011047242010-05-26T12:00:06.038-04:002010-05-26T12:00:06.038-04:00Seems the Admiral has fired a homing torpedo while...Seems the Admiral has fired a homing torpedo while forgetting a very important aspect of that device:<br /><br />If it loses lock on your target... it can circle back and nail YOU, Admiral.K.J. 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