GOP Lawmaker Darrell Issa Poised to Call for Special Prosecutor to Investigate White House

03/24/2010 • godlikeproductions.com

GOP Lawmaker Darrell Issa Poised to Call for Special Prosecutor to Investigate White House Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House Oversight committee, told CBS News Wednesday that he will call for a special prosecutor to investigate the White House if it does not address Rep. Joe Sestak's claim that he was offered a federal job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary. "If the public doesn't receive a satisfactory answer, the next step would be to call for a special prosecutor, which is well within the statute," Issa (pictured) told Hotsheet. The California Republican has been pushing for the White House to provide details of conversations between Sestak and administration officials in the wake of Sestak's comment during a radio interview last month that he was offered a high-ranking administration job in exchange for dropping his primary challenge against Sen. Arlen Specter. Asked if that job was secretary of the Navy, Sestak declined to