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The Spectacle Blog
Last July, the House Ethics Committee charged Charlie Rangel with 13 violations of House ethics rules, ranging from using a personal residence as a campaign office to avoiding tax payments on a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic.
In a testament to the power of incumbency, he won re-election with 80 percent of the vote on November 2.
Yesterday, less than three weeks later, Rep. Rangel was found guilty on 11 of the 13 counts. His punishment will be determined in the coming weeks.
Rich Fisher| 11.17.10 @ 3:18PM
What is stunning, I guess, is the pronouncements that none of this is considered "illegal" and thus no criminal charges will be filed. Now, does that mean that we can all duplicate Charlie's actions and simply apologize for being stupid and the IRS will say, "oh, that's okay. Charlie did it so you can, too. One can only dream of the reaction if John Boehner had done the same thing. Does the press never tire of having their noses up a Donkey's ass?
Occam's Tool| 11.17.10 @ 7:22PM
The Press loves the smell. Reminds them of mama.
Oldefarte| 11.17.10 @ 3:40PM
It's incrediable that he whinned, moaned and groaned about not being allowed to defend himself against the House charges,etc; since he was obviously guilty and had no credible defense from same. That he heads the tax writing House committee is ludicrous and an example of the political corruption that now exist within the Democratic Party!!!!!!!!
al gayda| 11.17.10 @ 5:32PM
Will we find out if Charlie reported the $2,000,000 from campaign funds on his tax return ?
weddingdresses | 6.23.11 @ 5:44AM
What is stunning, I guess, is the pronouncements that none of this is considered "illegal" and thus no criminal charges will be filed. Now, does that mean that we can all duplicate Charlie's actions and simply apologize for being stupid and the IRS will say, "oh, that's okay. Charlie did it so you can, too. One can only dream of the reaction if John Boehner had done the same thing. Does the press never tire of having their noses up a Donkey's ass?