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House ethics trial opens for NY's Charles Rangel


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AP/Townhall:

11/15/10

Rep. Charles Rangel of New York headed the House's tax-writing committee but acknowledged shortchanging the Internal Revenue Service on his own tax bill. Now, a House ethics panel will judge whether filing an amended tax return and belatedly paying his taxes and other financial and fundraising practices violated the congressional rule book.

A rare ethics trial begins Monday for the representative from Harlem. Rangel's career peaked in 2007 when he became chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. It took a dive last March, when he relinquished that post after his corporate-funded travel was criticized in a separate ethics case.

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But an allegation that caught the public's eye was his failure to declare rental income to the IRS from a resort unit he owned in the Dominican Republic.

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... his failure to declare rental income to the IRS from a resort unit he owned in the Dominican Republic.

I can understand that...

 

I almost forgot to declare the gambling income from one of the casinos I own in Monte Carlo.

 

"Out of sight... out of mind, ya know!"

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... his failure to declare rental income to the IRS from a resort unit he owned in the Dominican Republic.

I can understand that...

 

I almost forgot to declare the gambling income from one of the casinos I own in Monte Carlo.

 

"Out of sight... out of mind, ya know!"

 

 

 

I HATE when that happens!

 

 

 

You do of course know what this is all about? Mr. Charlie keeping a Brother down.

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WSJ: Panel Denies Rangel Request for Delay

DEVLIN BARRETT

11/15/10

 

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Charles Rangel walked out on his ethics trial as it began Monday, saying it was unfair to ask him to continue without a lawyer that he couldn't afford.

 

 

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"I am being denied the right to have a lawyer right now because I don't have the opportunity to have a legal-defense fund set up,'' the New York Democrat said. "I truly believe I am not being treated fairly.''

 

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Mr. Rangel faces a congressional ethics proceeding on 13 separate counts, including failing to report assets, failing to pay taxes on rental income from a vacation property and misusing congressional stationery to try to raise money for a college center named in his honor. The 80-year-old lawmaker has represented New York City's Harlem neighborhood in the House since 1971 and had been the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee until he was forced to step down in March.

 

He has spent two years and more than $2 million in legal fees dealing with the investigation of his finances. His legal team left the case last month when his campaign fund ran out of money to pay them. Mr. Rangel could, if he wanted, pay for a lawyer out of his own funds, but as a member of Congress, he can't accept pro bono work from an attorney.

 

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"I am being denied the right to have a lawyer right now because I don't have the opportunity to have a legal-defense fund set up,'' the New York Democrat said. "I truly believe I am not being treated fairly."

 

Blame it on those whitey crackers! Send in the New Black Panthers!

 

This clown had months to get a lawyer, and he withheld enough from his own income tax to pay for a mouthpiece.

 

If this is how Rangel's trial is going, I can't wait to see what Maxine Waters brings to the cesspool. :blink:

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OK, so I posted it elsewhere on the forum. It's still a two-fer.

 

 

The old proverb: A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

 

And the new corollary: A lawyer who has Rangel for his client is a fool.

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