[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.
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"Stop, don't do that" - or else we'll say "stop, don't do that" again.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This is still the 111th Congress (a Dem majority). Perhaps they can also bring the Waters misconduct up and convict on that too.
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11/16/2010 14:09 Comments ||
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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.
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What do you have to do to get real jail time as a congresscritter?
Commit any of these acts as a Republican ...
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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."
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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
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E-mails newly obtained by Judicial Watch strengthen contentions that politics motivated the Obama Justice Department's dismissal of a voter-intimidation case despite video of a nightstick-wielding New Black Panther Party member at a Philadelphia polling place.
The e-mails show two political appointees' involvement in Justice's decision to dismiss, the watchdog group says. And, it notes, those e-mails contradict what Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for Justice's Civil Rights Division, told the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights under oath: that decision involved "only career people."
The e-mails lend additional credence to the long-held suspicion that politics drove Justice's decision-making in this case. They also go a long way toward answering a key question: What is Attorney General Eric Holder hiding with his stonewalling against the commission's investigation?
"These documents show that not only was the Black Panther decision shamelessly politicized by the Obama administration but also that Obama officials lied to cover up the scandal," says Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch president.
It's all the more reason why Mr. Holder is unworthy of the office of attorney general -- and should not be trusted to safeguard voting rights. Lying under oath is an impeachable offense. Just ask Clinton.
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The only DOJ person who has testified under oath in this case is Thomas Perez and AAG.
AG Holder can claim he was misled.
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If enough people go to jail for this sort of thing it will stop. Even if Holder escapes prison, no one will be willing to work for him, and the scandal will be enough to force him to retire in disgrace.
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Its not just about the Black Panthers. The GOP needs to prosecute every crime the democRATS have committed. It was their intent to make a complete take-over of the US. I'm sure Obeyme thought he would be dictator by 2012. Leaving anyone out there to seed another assault on our freedoms is stupid. We need to make the socialists and communists in out government extinct.
WASHINGTON US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle extended good wishes Monday to the worlds 1.57 billion Muslims ahead of the Eid Al Adha holiday.
Michelle and I extend our greetings for a happy Eid Al Adha to Muslims worldwide and wish safe travels to those performing Haj, Obama said in a statement.
In his message Monday, the US leader said the religious holiday serves as a reminder of the shared values and the common roots of three of the worlds major religions.
On behalf of the American people, we extend our best wishes during this Haj season Eid Mubarak and Haj Mabrour, he added, using the traditional holiday greetings in Arabic.
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Don't forget the scraping and groveling, Obean.
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