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Despite Representative Darrell Issa’s (R-Calif.) intensive questioning at a Congressional hearing last week, Attorney General Eric Holder refused to comment on the status of a possible Justice Department investigation.<\/p>\nDespite Representative Darrell Issa’s (R-Calif.) intensive questioning at a Congressional hearing last week, Attorney General Eric Holder refused to comment on the status of a possible Justice Department investigation.<\/p>\n
In February, Representative Joe Sestak (D-Penn.) told a Philadelphia news station that he was informed by the White House that he would be offered a Federal position with the Department of Defense if he dropped out of the upcoming Pennsylvania Democratic primary election, where he will be competing against Senator Arlen Specter (D-Penn.). <\/p>\n
Issa, the ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, asked Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to the case in March, and said he had yet to receive a response from the attorney general’s office. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Holder continued to evade Issa’s questions regarding whether or not an investigation into the accusations had been launched. <\/p>\n
"I can say that with regard to the appointment of a special prosecutor, that it is done on a case-by-case basis," Holder said. "It is the department’s policy not to comment on pending matters, to say there is an investigation, to say there is not an investigation."<\/p>\n
As to the lack of response to the Representative’s letter, Holder said he assumed his office had taken action and apologized. <\/p>\n
"It could be in the mail," Issa said sarcastically. "It’s very slow sometimes."![\"ADNFCR-1961-ID-19779853-ADNFCR\"](\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1961&itemid=19779853\")
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