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Home Front: Politix
Rep. Charles Rangel Guilty On 11 Of 13 Counts Of Violating Ethics Rules
2010-11-16
Will update with details when they are available
An eight-member House ethics panel has resumed closed-door deliberations in the ethics trial of Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, accused in 13 counts of engaging in financial and fundraising misconduct.

The jury of Rangel's congressional peers met behind closed doors Tuesday. They're deciding whether the former Ways and Means Committee chairman violated House rules.

If the panel determines that even one count has been proved, the full ethics committee would consider an appropriate punishment.

The 20-term New York Democrat walked out of the trial on Monday, pleading unsuccessfully for time to hire new lawyers. He said his former lawyers abandoned him after he paid them some $2 million, but that he could no longer afford them.
Update 11:26 CST
A House ethics panel has found Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York guilty on 11 counts of breaking House rules.

The full ethics committee will next conduct a hearing on the appropriate punishment for the former chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. The committee will then make a recommendation to the House. Possible punishments include a House vote deploring Rangel's conduct, a fine and denial of privileges.

The eight-member ethics panel had sat as a jury to judge Rangel's conduct. The 80-year-old congressman from Harlem was charged with 13 counts of financial and fundraising wrongdoing.
Posted by:Sherry

#13  remember when Chollie plays the "poor" card.: he has had a rental villa in the Dominican Republic, and has lived in/kept an office in 4 rent-controlled apartments in a very nice building, depriving 3 NY'ers of those apartments. He also transferred all his money to his wife so he could claim poverty. I hope she dumps the bastard
Posted by: Frank G   2010-11-16 20:25  

#12  Soon to play the elder statesman on MSNBC, time slotted to compete with Mr. Spitzer.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-11-16 19:20  

#11  Barney, limber up the wet noodle!
Posted by: KBK   2010-11-16 16:55  

#10  Charlie counterattacks with the "victim' card...

"How can anyone have confidence in the decision of the ethics subcommittee when I was deprived of due process rights, right to counsel and was not even in the room?" Rangel said in a written statement. "I can only hope that the full committee will treat me more fairly, and take into account my entire 40 years of service to the Congress before making any decisions on sanctions."

He called the panel's findings "unprecedented" because there was no rebuttal evidence. He complained that the rejection of his appeal for more time violated "the basic constitutional right to counsel."

Rangel, echoing a statement he made in August in a speech to the House, added, "any failings in my conduct were the result of "good faith mistakes" and were caused by "sloppy and careless recordkeeping, but were not criminal or corrupt."
Posted by: tu3031   2010-11-16 15:32  

#9  What do you have to do to get real jail time as a congresscritter?

Commit any of these acts as a Republican ...
Posted by: Steve White   2010-11-16 15:24  

#8  Possible punishments include a House vote deploring Rangel's conduct, a fine and denial of privileges.

Seems too benign. What do you have to do to get real jail time as a congresscritter?
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-11-16 15:13  

#7  Must be something about members of the CBC. They just can't keep their hands out of the public cookie jar. One would think they somehow believe that they are..... entitled to STEAL from the rest of us.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-11-16 14:14  

#6  This is still the 111th Congress (a Dem majority). Perhaps they can also bring the Waters misconduct up and convict on that too.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2010-11-16 14:09  

#5  Throw him out and rescind his retirement. Let him live on whatever the people of New York are willing to give him. We, the people of the United States, don't need to be saddled with the cost of this jerk from now until he dies.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2010-11-16 14:04  

#4  He was just elected with 80% of the vote. Like the man he replaced, Adam Clayton Powell Jr.,if he is thrown out of the House his constituents will just re-elect him in the special election.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2010-11-16 13:47  

#3  I'm all for punishment by firing squad.

Crooked bastard stealing millions from the people of the United States deserves at least that. Most likely he will only get a wrist slap.
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-11-16 12:53  

#2  He said his former lawyers abandoned him after he paid them some $2 million...

Well, Charlie, when someone bought you, you stayed bought, so at least ya got that going for ya...
Posted by: tu3031   2010-11-16 12:47  

#1  He said his former lawyers abandoned him after he paid them some $2 million

Hung out to dry......hows it feel charlie?

TROW DA BUM OUT!!!!!
Posted by: armyguy   2010-11-16 12:30  

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