Democrat Rep. Charlie Rangel has found himself in a bit of a pickle. After years of allegedly thumbing his nose at pesky things like rules, his supposed misdeeds may be coming back to bite him on the proverbial hind quarter.
A House ethics committee subpanel today found Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel guilty of 11 of the 13 charges of ethics violations against him.The panel, composed of four Democrats and four Republicans, emerged after private deliberation to announce their findings.
“This has been a difficult assignment,” committee chair Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said. “We have tried to act with fairness, led only by the facts and the law, and I believe we have accomplished that mission.”
The subpanel will now submit its findings to the full ethics committee, which will schedule a public hearing to determine the appropriate sanctions to take against the longtime New York representative. Whatever action they decide on during the sanctions hearing will then go to the full House of Representatives. The committee could go so far as to recommend expelling Rangel, but that would be unlikely. Other possible sanctions include a House vote deploring Rangel’s conduct, a fine or a denial of privileges.
Probably give him a raise, just for compassion’s sake don’t you know?
aww poor baby! They ought to hang him. Violation of the public trust.
“This has been a difficult assignment,We have tried to act with fairness, led only by the facts and the law, ”
We couldn’t figure out how to let him off without endangering ourselves.
Typical rabbit pol, the only thing he did wrong was get caught.
Rope. Lots of it. I’ve been saying for over a decade that ‘Violation of the Public Trust’ should *always* be a hanging offense for elected officials and their appointees.
Nobody forced them to run for public office. Nobody put a gun to their head and forced them to take their oath when they won that election. Therefore we have both a right and a duty to hold them fully accountable to the laws they impose upon others, without exception; and should they defraud, embezzle, commit insider trading, sell influence, etc. using the power of their office – well then for them comes the day of the scaffold and the rope.
They should *each and all* hang for their violations of their respective oaths of Office.
Publicly. Hanged. Until. Dead.
Every.
Last.
One.
Were we to adhere to that one simple rule, we could restore our Republic, in less than a single generation…
LT : I could not have stated it any better my friend !
Even if nothing else is done to him, he should lose his federal pension and healthcare package.
The Negro racist from Harlem should be standing before a firing squad or hanged for his high crimes.