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  • Tax expert Rangel mangles facts in ethics mess

    09/13/2008 4:15:38 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 20 replies · 246+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/13/08 | Devlin Barrett - ap
    WASHINGTON - Even when Rep. Charles Rangel tries to explain how he got into his tax mess, he mangles the facts so much it's easy to see how his accounts — and accountants — are muddled. And this from the lawmaker who has such a big say in determining who pays taxes and how much. The chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee spent the past week reeling from a series of embarrassing revelations: He failed to report about $75,000 in rental income over two decades from a beach villa he owns in the Dominican Republic; he owes...