Posted on 12/05/2010 5:42:55 AM PST by AtlasStalled
The Federal Election Commission is investigating a complaint that Rep. Charles Rangel improperly used his National Leadership PAC to fund his legal defense on ethics charges for which he was censured Thursday, The Post has learned. * * * The center expects to file a second complaint this week contending that Rangel's PAC money included at least $195,000 in donations from lobbyists with business before the House Ways & Means Committee, of which he is a member.
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Throw the bum in jail !!
Agree for sure. I have been wondering why his punishment has ended with congressional censure. Isn't tax evasion/fraud punishable by prison time as well as being required to pay one’s tax liability along with fines? Seems to me that ole Charlie is getting off rather lightly...
Just like Jim Trafficant did. You are right.
He belongs in jail.
Next, to come up with legal defence money for THIS charge, he'll start robbing banks.
If Charlie Rangel were a white pubbie he would be doing time in some federal penitentiary by now.
Well, I would probably modify that statement to state that only political “elites” appear to avoid jail time for tax evasion... ask Wesley Snipes.
On FNC two legal pundits were giving their assessment with one saying he got off easy because he ‘manned up’ to the charges whereas Wesley Snipes was jailed because he denied any wrong doing. Excuse me Madam... he ‘manned up’ ONLY after it was plastered on the front pages of the NY Post and then feigned ignorance of the law. I’m still not clear if he will pay a penalty along with back taxes. Apparently any criminal action will have to be determined by Holder and we all know where that will go.
but he is soooooo “likeable”
“Isn’t tax evasion/fraud punishable by prison time as well as being required to pay one’s tax liability along with fines?”
I get a kick out of that bum Rangel spinning his way out of this mess by stating that he is not a crook and that he did not intend to profit from his wrongdoing. Didn’t he personally profit by not paying his taxes and not reporting his rental income? Didn’t he personally profit by improperly accepting rent controlled apartments instead of paying for market value units? Didn’t he personally gain by soliciting “charitable” donations on his Congressional letterhead since the “charity” was an education center bearing his name as a self-aggrandizing monument to his massively inflated ego?
At the very least there should be a criminal investigation into this matter but in America some are more equal than others, and politicians seem to skate free.
They slapped his wrist the first time, so they’ll probably only slap his fanny for this charge. Barney Frank will be more than happy to perform that punishment.
Don’t file complaint until January, then the new congress can kick him out.
That's probably where a good portion of *his* $2M in legal cost payouts went.
Imus did a good skit of Rangel getting advice from Slick Willie
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4446863/does-rangel-regret-his-misdeeds/
Charlie will have to pull out the weepy old man softshoe again for the adoring cameras.
...but, but, he was in Selma with Dr. King!!
:-)
Early on I heard the “mortgage” on his villa in the DR was an interest free mortgage. Seems to me the IRS considers such “loans” imputed income also, which income he failed to disclose. My only question would be where the mortgage originated? Could he be another friend of Mario?
Rangel also attempted to derail a federal racketeering prosecution against class action law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP and several of its partners in May 2006:
The statement, signed by Representatives Gary L. Ackerman, Carolyn McCarthy and Charles B. Rangel, all of New York, and Robert Wexler of Florida, contained several passages that appear to be lifted directly from a “class action press kit” distributed by a national trial lawyers group. All but Mr. Wexler have received campaign contributions from Milberg Weiss partners.
Accused Law Firm Continues Giving to Democrats: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/us/politics/18milberg.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
Notwithstanding the efforts by Rangel and others, the indicted partners subsequently all pleaded guilty, and the law firm agreed to pay a $75 million fine and employ a compliance monitor.
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