[Guest post by DRJ]
Former House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) has been charged with multiple ethics violations.
Sources reportedly told the Associated Press that “Rangel’s attorney and the committee had failed to reach a settlement, which would have required an admission from Rangel that he broke ethics rules.” I guess this means he’ll take his chances in a subcommittee trial.
H/T jakee308.
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the other donkeys will never convict him…
redc1c4 (fb8750) — 7/22/2010 @ 4:38 pmYep, believe it when I see it. Rangel has been a crook for decades, is this their not so subtle way to push him out the door for a lucid – or what passes for lucidity in liberal world – replacement?
GeneralMalaise (11870b) — 7/22/2010 @ 4:41 pmal manbearpig gore
tell the girls “me so horny”
al horndog gore now
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/exclusive_al_gore_sex_scandal_two_new_female_accusers_assault/celebrity/69024
ColonelHaiku (11870b) — 7/22/2010 @ 4:44 pmhaiku most sorry
ColonelHaiku (11870b) — 7/22/2010 @ 4:50 pmnot mean to hijack worthy
“Rangel is douche” thread
Maybe he can swing the same deal Goldman Sachs got.
Another Chris (40ac96) — 7/22/2010 @ 5:05 pmhttp://www.grumpclub.org/textfiles/apr06.htm
Officer Cardillo is still unavailable for comment.
Gazzer (800a42) — 7/22/2010 @ 5:06 pmOops, I mean Officer Cardillo
Gazzer (800a42) — 7/22/2010 @ 5:07 pmCharles Rangel Broke the Law
The Haiku Zombie (b54cdc) — 7/22/2010 @ 5:35 pm‘bet he get’s away with it
In the Summertime
Zombie’s have poor arithmetic skills.
SPQR (26be8b) — 7/22/2010 @ 5:41 pmI think it’s the seriousness of my haiku’s charges that matter most, SPQR, not the extra syllables.
The Haiku Zombie (b54cdc) — 7/22/2010 @ 5:49 pmI however am a purist.
SPQR (26be8b) — 7/22/2010 @ 6:11 pmI guess an “ethics violation” is what Martha Stewart would call “a felony.”
Kevin Murphy (5ae73e) — 7/22/2010 @ 6:17 pmmartha stewart had
ColonelHaiku (11870b) — 7/22/2010 @ 6:51 pmhandle in federal stir
“Krackah Krust Killah”
If the IRS were not so scared to go after a senior member of Congress, Rangel would have been in jail a long time ago.
Subotai (0247ad) — 7/22/2010 @ 6:55 pmHis apartments in Harlem and the dacha in the Dominican Republic are kinda of hard to ignore.
I don’t think they’ll find him guilty of bribery but it’ll damage him enough that he’ll lose his chairmanship and with that his influence.
He ain’t no spring chicken and may just decide to take the money and run. I think the Dominican Republic has dicey extradition laws with U.S. and I’ve long suspected that ‘Cholly’ has some ties with some heavy hitters there. (think: Eric Clapton wrote a song about the substance these guys ‘trade’ in. They’re strictly import and export though, no production.)
jakee308 (174da3) — 7/22/2010 @ 7:24 pm>I guess this means he’ll take his chances in a subcommittee trial.
Good heavens, he’s in a spot of bother now, what?
His penalty will be on the order of a 25% reduction of his ‘gin hookers and graft’ allowance
jONES (72b0ed) — 7/22/2010 @ 7:26 pmYou mean he’s not in jail yet? Toss him in the clink and let’s have fun talking about Basil Marceaux. It’s like The Onion is coming true!
Gesundheit (6acc51) — 7/22/2010 @ 7:46 pmThey must have someone that they feel is politically strong lined up to replace him . . .
. . . either that, or else there’s just gonna be a “show trial” with a wrist-slap conclusion.
Icy Texan (4ca17c) — 7/22/2010 @ 8:29 pmWell, if I am not mistaken the Ethics Committee is always split 50/50 between the two parties, no matter the actual party breakdown in the House. Perhaps one of the Dems on the committee wants to leap-frog Rangel in seniority on some committee or other and will thus sell him out.
If the GOP had half the wits of a dung beetle they would be introducing legislation to strip the pension from any member who is found guilty of ethics violations.
JVW (6425b3) — 7/22/2010 @ 9:13 pmI don’t think that’s a good idea, JVW, because I don’t trust Liberals or Progressives to behave ethically should such a rule be put into place. I suspect show trials and kangaroo courts to spring up everywhere, wiping out the retirement benefits of Republicans and their staffers while keeping Democrat retirements untouchable.
I would rather see all retirement benefits for members of Congress and their staffs wholly eliminated. That, and a Constitutional Amendment setting Congressional term limits, would go a long way toward original intent for the federal government and the people in the federal government.
John Hitchcock (9e8ad9) — 7/22/2010 @ 10:26 pmi can see them getting a retirement after twenty years….. maybe E-7 retirement pay and allowances.
if its good enough for the defenders, its good enough for the leeches.
redc1c4 (fb8750) — 7/22/2010 @ 10:32 pmIf the GOP had half the wits of a dung beetle they would be introducing legislation to strip the pension from any member who is found guilty of ethics violations.
They should also already be making plans to use this as another arrow in their quiver with which to hit the opposition in spots on TV, radio, and the like.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque (cf2f34) — 7/22/2010 @ 10:37 pmyeah what 16 and 18 said the thief will skulk away with his lifetime pension and a slap on the wrist
drone (1ea4a9) — 7/22/2010 @ 11:30 pmRangel already gave up his chairmanship, presumably hoping to avoid further ethics scrutiny, so people should catch up on the news – that happened months ago. The Ethics Committees rarely do more than reprimand, and there is no chance the Holder DOJ would initiate a criminal investigation into Rangel’s affairs. Rangel’s only fear should be the statutes of limitation, and if they will have run out before a Republican AG gets hold of him.
Adjoran (ec6a4b) — 7/23/2010 @ 1:53 amThe DOJ can’t — or shouldn’t — impede an IRS audit/investigation.
Icy Texan (4ca17c) — 7/23/2010 @ 2:42 amRangel can use his oratorical skills in club fed
EricPWJohnson (cc03e4) — 7/23/2010 @ 3:41 amChahlie thrown under
ColonelHaiku (6d95fe) — 7/23/2010 @ 8:20 ambus that no way to treat a
criminal nanski
My guess is that he will blame some staffer who was nominally in charge of such things as vehicle storage, off-shore accounts to hide assets and he always wondered why his ‘apartment(s)’ seemed so large.
Just be thankful we don’t have a politician with Biden’s teeth and Rangle’s teeth and hair. Now that I think about it, that describes Rangle. I expect as much from Rangle. The voters who continue to reelect him are another story.
vet66 (9d1bb3) — 7/23/2010 @ 8:38 amHow about this radical idea: If you elect someone from your district to Congress who loses his or her seat due to ethics violations, you go without a Congressperson for at least one full Congressional term. For example, if Rangel is expelled from Congress at the end of this month his seat stays vacant until the 2012 election. That might give the citizens some incentive to take seriously ethics violations, and in a closely divided Congress it would force the parties to take them seriously too.
JVW (1aea71) — 7/23/2010 @ 9:11 amThe timing for this is pretty blatant. The Dems are going to try to point at this to show how even handed they are. It’s up to the GOP to show how long this has been going on for, how long old Charley has been under investigation for his ‘in your face’ rule breaking and fraud and how the Dems protected him. Even if he gets tossed/resigns the GOP can’t let this fade away.
scr_north (6ae2d1) — 7/23/2010 @ 10:03 amThe idea previously mentioned about taking away a members pension if convicted of ethics violations is a good one. Hope someone from the GOP reads this blog.
“Top o’the world, Ma!”
Frank Drebbin (8096f2) — 7/23/2010 @ 1:47 pmFrom the ABC website:
Mr. Rangel said Thursday in a statement that “at long last, sunshine will pierce the cloud of serious allegations that have been raised against me in the media” over the past two years. “I will be glad to respond to the allegations at such time as the ethics committee makes them public.”
Wow!! In that statement Rangel sounds positively Blagojevichian.
elissa (ac36f5) — 7/23/2010 @ 3:01 pmUnabashed racists you are. Seems like you would like to go back to the days of segregation and slavery.
JD (776d66) — 7/23/2010 @ 3:17 pmUnabashed racists you are. Seems like you would like to go back to the days of segregation and slavery.
JD (776d66) — 7/23/2010 @ 3:17 pmLOL, JD.
I’m curious. Did you have pay extra to get that special all-purpose “racist” comment shortcut key on your computer? Or were you able to code it in yourself? Sure must save time over any given day!
elissa (ac36f5) — 7/23/2010 @ 3:29 pm