House Committee To Expand Rangel Investigation

WCBS in New York has posted that a House committee voted unanimously today to expand its investigation into New York’s slimy, corrupt Democratic Rep. You may remember during the summer Rangel’s sudden recollection of at least $500,000 in cash assets and tens of thousands of dollars of investment income that were never decleared. The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct issued a statement on Thursday that is now going to investigate his apparent lapses in memory as part of a probe that has already lasted 16 months. More from WCBS:

In its statement, the committee wrote:

“The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct voted unanimously on October 8, 2009 to expand the jurisdiction of the investigative subcommittee’s inquiry regarding the Matter of Representative Charles B. Rangel to determine if Rep. Rangel violated the Coe of Official Conduct or any law, rule, regulation, or other standard of conduct applicable to his conduct in the performance of his duties or the discharge of his responsibilities with respect to all Financial Disclosure Statements and all amendments filed in calendar year 2009 by or on behalf of Representative Charles B. Rangel pursuant to Title I of the Ethics in Government Act.

“The investigative subcommittee has collaborated in a bipartisan manner in the performance of its duties and obligations. To that end, the investigative subcommittee to date has: authorized the issuance of close to 150 subpoenas; interviewed approximately 34 witnesses resulting in over 2,100 pages of transcripts; reviewed and analyzed over 12,000 pages of documents; and held over 30 investigative subcommittee meetings.”

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October 8, 2009 · Filed Under Charlie Rangel, Corruption, Democrats


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