Hearing on punishment for Rep. Charles Rangel set for Thursday unless he waives proceeding It took House investigators 2 1/2 years and a jury of congressional peers two days to conclude Rep. Charles Rangel of New York violated House rules. A decision on his punishment will be much quicker. Possible…
Eight-member House panel decides Rep. Rangel broke rules, punishment next step 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…
Ex-Ways and Means chairman Rangel demands colleagues allow him more time to get legal counsel Rep. Charles Rangel of New York implored a House panel Monday to postpone his ethics trial until he can get a new lawyer, arguing that “50 years of public service is on the line.” The…
House ethics trial begins for New York’s Rangel, ex-chairman of tax-writing panel Rep. Charles Rangel of New York headed the House’s tax-writing committee but acknowledged shortchanging the Internal Revenue Service on his own tax bill. Now, a House ethics panel will judge whether filing an amended tax return and belatedly…