Posted on 09/01/2009 10:44:06 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
Exasperated watchdog groups are calling for a special counsel to intervene in the ethics committee probe of Rep. Charles Rangel. * * * The good-government officials say they are astounded by Rangel’s (D-N.Y.) disclosure last week of at least $650,000 in assets that he previously had failed to list on his House financial disclosure forms. * * * Some in the watchdog community are tired of waiting for the ethics committee. "Appointing a special counsel is a step the committee could and should take," said Lisa Gilbert, democracy advocate for U.S. PIRG. "There really couldn’t be a situation where there is a more overt case for doing so than with Rangel … it’s that serious and far-ranging." Meredith McGehee at the Campaign Legal Center said the watchdog community should get together in the remaining days of the August recess and discuss the need for the appointment of an independent attorney to examine Rangel's financial reporting irregularities, as well as a series of other charges, including failing to report $75,000 worth of rental income on a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic. The ethics committee investigation has been expanded several times, as new charges started piling up around the chairman of the tax-writing committee. * * * "I want to see the House ethics process succeed," said Public Citizen's Craig Holman. "I'm sitting here with my fingers crossed. I'd hate to see the ethics committee abdicate its responsibilities, but if the ethics committee continues to drag everything on here, then at some point, it would be appropriate to name a special counsel."
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The Problem with calling for a special probe is that it has to start inside the House of Representatives and you KNOW that’s not going to happen under the Dem RULE! We need OUTSIDE Investigations from the PRIVATE SECTOR to get any hope of ACCURATE INVESTIGATION!
The end result of my former congressman’s investigation will be that his district will rally behind him and elect him with his 97% of the vote instead of the usual 94%.
The MSM is very compliant.
Anybody else think that Rangel looks and sounds more like an Italian guy than a black guy? His skin definitely looks more Mediterranean than African and I could have sworn he was some mafioso when I first saw him on TV.
(Apologies to anyone that might be offended. Just stating my impressions of the guy.)
Father is Puerto Rican.
Thanks.
Yeppers.......Rangel ain’t goin’ nowhere. His constituents have been “trained” well. :(
“Paging Mr. Kenneth Starr! Mr. Starr, please pick up the black courtesy phone!”
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