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| Leroy N. Soetoro... |
 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:52 pm |
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http://www.nlpc.org/stories/2009/10/30/rangel-says-ethics-committee-has-
not-questioned-him-finances
The Washington Post reports today that staff members of the House Ethics
Committee met with Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY)
in July and questioned him about a trip by Rangel and four other members
of the Congressional Black Caucus to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten.
According to the Post:
Rangel said he has not been interviewed by the committee to discuss other
elements of the investigation, which involve his personal finances and
whether House resources were improperly used to raise funds for a college
center named for him.
It was NLPC that exposed both the Caribbean junket and Rangel’s failure to
disclose, or pay taxes on, rental income from his Dominican Republic
“villa.” While we welcome the investigation of the junket, we believe that
tax evasion is a serious matter, and that Rangel should be treated no
differently than any other citizen.
We don’t know whether the Committee’s failure to interview Rangel so far
on his finances is evidence of foot dragging, or whether the Committee is
assembling information before talking to Rangel.
We do know that Committee is firmly under the control of House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, who has repeatedly voiced her support for Rangel. And it was
Rangel himself who filed the initial request for an investigation, no
doubt expecting a whitewash.
The Post reports:
The investigation has expanded into several other areas of his finances,
including his decision to amend financial disclosure forms earlier this
year revealing accounts that held more than $500,000 in them that had not
been previously disclosed.
The committee also has interviewed Rangel's top aide, James Capel, who in
July belatedly filed several years' worth of financial disclosure. The
most senior aides must file the same disclosure reports just as lawmakers
do every spring.
The committee also has interviewed Steven Rangel, the lawmaker's son. The
document does not make clear what the interview covered. News reports last
year said that his father's campaign committee paid nearly $60,000 to an
Internet consulting firm owned by Steven Rangel. He now works as an aide
to the House oversight committee.
Of course, tax evasion is more than a violation of House Rules. It’s a
crime. That is why we filed Complaints with the Internal Revenue Service
and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia in September 2008.
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Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
Rangel's tax evasion. |
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