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| After Rangel walks out, ethics trial continues |
| 2010-11-16 |
[Washington Examiner] Shortly after veteran Rep. Charlie Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers!Rangel of New York walked out of his ethics trial in protest, a House panel began closed-door deliberations Monday on 13 counts of alleged financial and fundraising misconduct that could bring formal condemnation. Only recently one of the most powerful members of Congress, Rangel was reduced to pleading in vain for colleagues to give him time to raise money for a lawyer before taking up the charges. The 80-year-old congressman left when they said no, and the rare proceeding -- only the second for this type of hearing in two decades -- went on without him. An ethics committee panel of four Democrats and four Republicans was sitting as a jury in the case late Monday. The official acting as prosecutor said the facts were so clear there was no need to call witnesses, and panel members apparently agreed. If the panel members decide Rangel violated any House rules, the full committee will hold a hearing on how he should be punished. The most likely sanction would be a House vote deploring his conduct. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 The "ethics" committee gets to go harrumph harrumph harrumph and then the baliff whacks your pee pee. This is still a Democratic congress - I think the verb you should use is stroke - as stroke your pee pee Nothing will happen to him and he'll get street cred. He'll laugh all the way to the bank. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-11-16 14:16 |
| #5 Rangel told them he had run out of money after paying his previous attorneys some $2 million and needed time to set up a legal defense fund to raise an additional $1 million. Charlie, it's a done deal. The "ethics" committee gets to go harrumph harrumph harrumph and then the baliff whacks your pee pee. You're gonna waste another million for that? Damn, you're a bigger idiot then I thought... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-11-16 12:03 |
| #4 The most likely sanction would be a House vote deploring his conduct. If an elected representative uses official resources for monetary gain it's not simply "violation of rules" - it's crimminal! If the committee declares Rangle improperly used his official capacity to raise money, at a minimum, they should call for expulsion. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-11-16 10:59 |
| #3 I liked the Treacher comment - which was along the lines of "Rangel left the ethics hearing because he was afraid he would get some ethics on him!" |
| Posted by: Sgt.Mom 2010-11-16 10:33 |
| #2 Pathetic old bugger. Just what NY deserves. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-11-16 02:33 |
| #1 "Stop, don't do that" - or else we'll say "stop, don't do that" again. Yeah - that'll work ......... |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2010-11-16 00:39 |