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What’s the Deal With Job Offers to Candidates?

Q: I have a question about job offers to induce candidates to exit a political race. Stories about these offers seem to have been in the news a lot lately, but I have seen no clear answer as to whether they are permissible. Some have suggested that it violates the law to offer someone a federal job in exchange for his or her withdrawing from a political race. Others have disagreed. Are these kinds of deals illegal?

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
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