{"id":3478,"date":"2010-07-29T16:44:01","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T20:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2010-07-29T16:44:01","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T20:44:01","slug":"house-ethics-committee-outlines-charges-against-rep-rangel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/29\/house-ethics-committee-outlines-charges-against-rep-rangel\/","title":{"rendered":"House Ethics Committee Outlines Charges Against. Rep. Rangel"},"content":{"rendered":"

The House Committee on Standards of Official Contact today released a detailed Statement Alleged Violation which charges Congressmen Charles Rangel (D- NY) 13 violations<\/a> of House rules:<\/p>\n

A public trial into ethics charges against New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel began today. Lawmakers cast the proceedings as a necessary exercise to regain the public’s trust in Congress.<\/p>\n

The 20-term representative is charged with 13 “very serious” allegations, said Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the ranking Republican in the House Ethics Committee. The charges are related to allegations Rangel inappropriately solicited donations for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College of New York, left errors and omissions on his financial dicslosure forms, failed to report and pay taxes on rental income for a beach villa, and inappropriately allowed his campaign committees to use a rent subsized apartment.<\/p>\n

Rangel attempted to reach a settlement with the committee to avoid a humiliating public trial, but no deal was reached. The start of trial now marks the culmination of a two-year investigation into the charges against him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The charges against Rep. Rangel include using his office to solicit of contributions to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at the City College of New York; the\u00a0 acceptance of four rent-stabilized apartments in Harlem; errors and omissions on his financial disclosure forms; and his failure to report and pay taxes on rental income from a beach villa he owns in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n

If convicted Rep. Rangel could face a range of penalties ranging from censure to expulsion from the House or Representatives.<\/p>\n

Bottom line, Charlie Rangel is the poster child for Congressional term limits. If he had any shame he’d resign and save himself and and his party the embarrassment of a trial.<\/p>\n

You can read to full Statement of Alleged Violations<\/a> and supporting documents<\/a> related to Statement of Alleged Violations on the Ethics Committee’s web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The House Committee on Standards of Official Contact today released a detailed Statement Alleged Violation which charges Congressmen Charles Rangel (D- NY) 13 violations of House rules: A public trial into ethics charges against New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel began today. Lawmakers cast the proceedings as a necessary exercise to regain the public’s trust […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[616,7],"tags":[534,634,1030,720],"class_list":{"0":"post-3478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-culture-of-corruption","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-2010-elections","9":"tag-charlie-rangel","10":"tag-house-ethics-committee","11":"tag-house-of-representatives","12":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-U6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3456,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/22\/house-ethics-commitee-charges-charlie-rangel-with-violating-house-rules\/","url_meta":{"origin":3478,"position":0},"title":"House Ethics Commitee Charges Charlie Rangel With Violating House Rules","author":"Jeff","date":"July 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"It's taken two years of investigations, but the House Committee on Standards of Official Contact has finally charged Rep. 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