What Happened to the Charlie Rangel Investigation?

FOX News ^ | January 08, 2009 | Bret Baier

[george76]

The ethics investigation into House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel still is not done — despite promises from Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Rangel is being investigated in at least four areas — including his failure to report income taxes on a Caribbean villa and the use of rent-controlled apartments in New York.

Pelosi said in November, "The report will be completed by the end of this session... which concludes January 3, 2009."

The Hill newspaper reports the investigation will be further delayed because the ethics committee is currently without a chairman.

the House voted Tuesday to eliminate term limits for committee heads. ..."There's no limit whatsoever on the amount of time Chairman Rangel can remain chairman, despite the ethical questions he faces."

[nuconvert]

Rangel, Dodd,.....shhhhhh.....nothing to see here,....go away

[truthkeeper]

Nobody will ever bring it up again.

[mewzilla]

Sounds like the ethics truce is still in force.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Democrap corruption doesn’t count...especially seeing as the majority of the investigators(MSM)are democraps and have an agenda of their own

[Eric in the Ozarks]

When the papers run cover for ya, it becomes less and less important as days go by.

[DakotaRed]

And what is the worst fellow democrats will do to Rangel? Make him promise not to do it again, then turn a blind eye as he does?

[BAW]

I emailed my Congressional Rep. BTW, she has a web poll on her website that you might be interested in responding. She asks: 1) Should the government intervene directly in the economy to correct our current economic problems? and 2) Once the economy has been stabilized, how supportive would you be of government actions to re-regulate banks and financial institutions?

Have fun. It is here” http://www.house.gov/susandavis/

Doesn’t really matter what the people tell her. She will do what she wants. But it is fun to send her stuff.

[DesertRhino]

What happened? Its over silly. No Democrats will be prosecuted for anything now, except disloyalty to Obama.
Brown skinned people too, and muslims.
The only crime now is to “diss” Obama, as they say in the “hood”.

[Cyclone59]

Rug, meet Broom.

[Edit35]

The Democrat-liberal mindset, which also infests county Prosecutors, District Attorneys, the federal Justice Dept. and Congress, subconsciously clings to this bogus notion that a Democrat .... any Democrat.... is a historical victim of ‘conservative white Judeo-Christian European’ oppression, and thus should be immune to prosecution.

Yes, that is somewhat of an exaggeration, but not much.

It certainly is true in 95% of the “reporting” media (not punditry) whereby the AP, Reuters, Google, ABC-CBS, NBC-CNN almost refuse to cover liberal-Democrat crimes because they feel like they are picking on the “victim” ... so to speak.

[henkster]

The United States is just another corrupt 3rd world country with a docile government controlled media. Nature abhors a hill, and we’ve been leveled.

[GOPJ]

Rangel's a dem.

Dem's get passes.

If he was a Republican,

the MSM would attach the term "gate" at the end of his name

and write endless stories...

[george76]

Congress NOT at work.

The media remains asleep.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Went down a black hole.

[Ooh-Ah]

A good resource on Rangel is the The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC).
They do excellent work on corruption and other legal issues.

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
http://www.nlpc.org/rangel.asp

11/30/2008

• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Shady Island "House" Party: Pols' Trip To Caribbean Skirted Rules, New York Post
  
  11/30/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Ditch Charlie (editorial), New York Post
  
  11/26/2008
  
• Complaint to House Ethics Committee Requesting Investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel's Improper Claim of Homestead Exemption on DC Home (pdf)
  
  11/24/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Another Tax Issue Surfaces for Rangel, New York Times
  
  11/24/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Homing in on Rangel, New York Post
  
  11/23/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Rangel Double-Deal$: Reaped DC Home Perk While Bending Apple Rental Rules, New York Post (page one)
  
  11/2/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Rangel Stalls on Vow to Hire Tax-Fix Expert, New York Post
  
  9/29/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Rangel Un-Moved, Office Still in Rent Stabilized Apartment, New York Post
  
  9/14/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Another Power "Trip" by Rangel, New York Post
  
  9/14/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Watchdog Demands Fed Probe, New York Post
  
  9/6/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Rangel Says He Didn't Know of Loan Terms, Washington Post
  
  9/6/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Charlie's Tropical Deal, New York Post
  
  9/5/2008
  
• PRESS RELEASE: NLPC Asks Justice Department & IRS to Investigate Rangel’s Unreported and Undisclosed Beach Villa Rental Income
  
  8/31/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Cash Cow: Rangel's Shady Money From Tropical Villa, New York Post (front page)
  
  7/15/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Rangel Under Fire, WCBS-TV (New York City)
  
  7/15/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Rangel to Relinquish Apartment Used as Office, New York Times
  
  7/15/2008
  
• NLPC IN THE NEWS: Rangel: "I'm Evicting Myself," New York Post
  
  7/14/2008
  
• PRESS RELEASE: NLPC Files FEC Complaint Against Rangel; Alleges Use of Rent-Stabilized Apartment for Campaign Office is Illegal
   Click here for pdf of Complaint

[DManA]

There’s no law against the REAL corruption in congress. And every member is complicit.

[Major Matt Mason]

Haven't heard much about ACORN lately, either. I wonder why?

[weegee]

I still wonder whatever happened to the Tom DeLay investigation. It STILL hasn’t been brought to court and the partisan hack who pursued it (Ronnie Earle) has retired if I recall and Chris Bell, the lame duck, who initiated it, has subsquently lost several more campaigns for public office.

[rocksblues]

It's the importance of the charge that counts.

Republican rumor= Guilty.

Democrat fact= Not Guilty.