Charlie Rangel ethics | WriteWingPolitics

COUNT 1: Conduct in Violation of the Solicitation and Gift Ban (page 26)
COUNT 2: Conduct in Violation of Code of Ethics for Government Service, cl.5 (page 29)
COUNT 3: Conduct in Violation of the House Gift Rule (page 30)
COUNT 4: Conduct in Violation of Postal Service Laws and Franking Commission Regulations (page 30)
COUNT 5: Conduct in Violation of Franking Statute (page 31)
COUNT 6: Conduct in Violation of House Office Building Commission’s Regulations (page 32)
COUNT 7: Conduct in Violation of the Purpose and Law and the Member’s Congressional Handbook (page 32)
COUNT 8: Conduct in Violation of the Letterhead Rule (page 33)
COUNT 9: Conduct in Violation of the Ethics in Government Act and House Rule XXVI (page 34)
COUNT 10: Conduct in Violation of Code of Ethics for Government Service, cl. 5 (page 36)
COUNT 11: Conduct in Violation of Code of Ethics for Government Service, cl. 2 (page 37)
COUNT 12: Conduct in Violation of the Code of Conduct: Letter and Spirit of House Rules (page 38)
COUNT 13: Conduct in Violation of the Code of Conduct: Conduct Reflecting Discreditably on the House (page 38)

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Charlie Rangel (D-NY)

The Democrats Culture of Corruption

Former House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) was charged with multiple ethics violations on Thursday. In an election year, the democrat from New York who spent the last 40 years in Congress representing the 15th District said he looks forward to fighting the charges.

The ethics committee won’t reveal the specific charges until next Thursday at a public meeting. However, several persons familiar with the allegations, who were not authorized to discuss them publicly, said some of the charges…were related to:

Rangel’s use of official stationery to raise money for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College of New York.

His use of four rent-subsidized apartment units in New York City. The city’s rent stabilization program is supposed to apply to one’s primary residence. One had been used as a campaign office, raising a separate question of whether the rent break was an improper gift.

Rangel’s failure to report income as required on his annual financial disclosure forms. The committee had investigated his failure to report income from the lawmaker’s rental unit at the Punta Cana Yacht Club in the Dominican Republic. Rangel also belatedly disclosed hundreds of thousands of dollars in investment assets.

Sanctions can range from a damaging committee report to censure by the House and even expulsion, a punishment reserved for only the most egregious violations. SOURCE

In 2009, it was reported that the Congressman from New York failed to report as much as $1.3 million dollars in outside income, including $1 million dollars from the sale of a building in Harlem. After amending financial disclosure forms for the period of 2000-2006, it was determined that Rangel also conveniently failed to reveal an additional $3 million dollars of other business related income during the same period.

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