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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A special House of Representatives subcommittee on Thursday outlined 13 counts of ethics violations against Rep. Charles Rangel, the former chairman of the powerful tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. The charges place his political career in jeopardy and could put Democrats on the defensive as November's elections approach. The case against the 80-year-old, 20-term Democrat from New York unfolded in a trial-like setting of a House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct subcommittee following incorrect reports that Rangel's lawyers had struck a deal to avoid an embarrassing public reading of the charges against him. Still, Democratic and Republican subcommittee members said they took no joy in prosecuting the affable, backslapping Harlem clubhouse politician almost everyone affectionately calls "Charlie." "He earned the Purple Heart and Bronze Star (in the Korean War) for his bravery. He was a fatherless high school dropout who went from pushing a hand truck in the Garden District of New York City to becoming one of the most powerful — and well-liked — figures on Capitol Hill," said Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Ala., the ranking Republican on the subcommittee. "But Mr. Rangel's life story is not why we are here today . . . "
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House ethics panel charges Rangel on 13 counts
From McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A special House of Representatives subcommittee on Thursday outlined 13 counts of ethics violations against Rep. Charles Rangel, the former chairman of the powerful tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. The charges place his political career in jeopardy and could put Democrats on the defensive as November's elections approach. The case against the 80-year-old, 20-term Democrat from New York unfolded in a trial-like setting of a House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct subcommittee following incorrect reports that Rangel's lawyers had struck a deal to avoid an embarrassing public reading of the charges against him. Still, Democratic and Republican subcommittee members said they took no joy in prosecuting the affable, backslapping Harlem clubhouse politician almost everyone affectionately calls "Charlie." "He earned the Purple Heart and Bronze Star (in the Korean War) for his bravery. He was a fatherless high school dropout who went from pushing a hand truck in the Garden District of New York City to becoming one of the most powerful — and well-liked — figures on Capitol Hill," said Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Ala., the ranking Republican on the subcommittee. "But Mr. Rangel's life story is not why we are here today . . . "Read more
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