Many years too late, but let's see what loon they replace him with!!! On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > *Charlie Rangel Retiring: He’s Perhaps The Most Corrupt Man In Congress* > <http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=ff7c11baa1&e=e1333e4251> > > Feb 25, 2016 07:43 am | Jeff Dunetz > > > > Perhaps the most corrupt person in Congress Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) > confirmed on Wednesday that he is not running for reelection and > will retire at the end of the year. Rangel claimed he wants to leave office > at the same time as the first black president. However, based on his > Congressional tenure the most likely reason for Charlie Rangel to retire is > thanks to Obama the economy is so bad there’s no graft money left for him > to make. > > Charlie Rangel has a more “impressive” list of ethics violations than > anyone else in Congress. > Perhaps his most famous act of illegality during his congressional tenure > was in regards to a rental income Mr. Rangel purchased in 1987 at the Punta > Cana Yacht Club in the Dominican Republic (see picture above). In 2009 the > National Legal and Policy Center looked at Mr. Rangel’s House financial > disclosure forms in August, it noted that his reported income looked > suspiciously low. In 2004 and 2005, he reported no more than $5,000, and in > 2006 and 2007 no income at all from the property. > > Mr. Rangel eventually admitted having failed to report rental income of > $75,000 over the years. First he blamed his wife for the oversight because > he said she was supposed to be managing the property. He blamed the > language barrier. “*Every time I thought I was getting somewhere, they’d > start speaking Spanish,*” Mr. Rangel explained. > > Ironically when all this came out Rangel was Chairman of the House Ways > and Means Committee which is responsible for writing the tax laws. > > That was just one ethics violation in Rep. Rangel’s long record: > > - He was discovered taking a tax break only for people whose *primary* > residence was in Washington DC, but if his primary residence was in DC he > couldn’t be congressman representing NYC. At that time he was also > occupying four rent controlled apartments in New York. According to the NYC > laws one doesn’t qualify for rent control unless the apartment is your > primary residence. So Charlie was double-dipping. So he also got > in trouble for using one of the apartments as his office. > > > - There was the $*1.95 million, federal earmar* > > <http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=89f735197a&e=e1333e4251>k > which funded the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service. This one was > legal but it still reeked . > > > - He misused his congressional office to fund raise for the > above private Rangel Center by *preserving a tax loophole f* > > <http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=518f18a237&e=e1333e4251>or > an oil drilling company in exchange for a donation to his vanity Charles B. > Rangel center. > > > - Then there was the investigation of the NY Congressman, revolving > around a *Caribbean boondoggle.* > > <http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=030e1efe16&e=e1333e4251> > > > - Once the ethics investigation of Rangel began*, he gave campaign > donations to 119 members of Congress* > > <http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=d3d665e1fc&e=e1333e4251>, > including three of the five Democrats on the House Ethics Committee who are > charged with investigating him. I am sure the investigation had little to > do with the donations…he was just being “friendly” > > Then there is the matter of his financial disclosure forms. Lets just say > it had some mistakes also: > > [image: Description: 002_graphic] > > Rangel was censured on the House floor in December 2010 after the ethics > panel found him guilty of 11 charges related to his conduct outside the > Capitol. The vote against him was a lopsided 333-79 (that may have been the > last bi-partisan vote in the House). > > In April 2014 the *NY Daily News* > <http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=78edf336b2&e=e1333e4251> > reported > the FEC was accusing, Rep. Charlie Rangel of breaking campaign rules: > > Rep. Charles Rangel’s reelection campaign accepted $6,700 in contributions > over legal limits, the Federal Election Commission charged. > > > > One of the donors who gave too much: Donald Harty, a big-time fast food > franchisee who owned a KFC/Taco Bell that was infamously shut down in 2007 > after TV cameras captured a swarm of rats running around inside. > > > > He gave $3,600 for Rangel’s Democratic primary campaign — $1,000 over the > limit for individual donors. > > > > Also giving more than the limit was the National Association of Real > Estate Investment Trusts. > > > > Rangel drew scrutiny while chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee > for advancing legislation that would benefit such trusts while pocketing > donations from the group. > > > > The other donations came from the Oneida Indian Nation and Gerald Cassidy, > according to the FEC notice, which was sent last week. > > > > Rangel campaign officials said they’ve refunded some of the contributions > and shifted others to a general election account to comply with the law. > They characterized the FEC notice as routine. > > Two months later, Rangel got caught hiding another boondoggle, as reported > by the* National Journal > <http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=e94d8853f7&e=e1333e4251>: > * > > The 84-year-old New York Democrat joined a 10-lawmaker delegation from the > Congressional Black Caucus for a weeklong China trip last August. Seven of > the other lawmakers on the trip listed it on their annual > financial-disclosure forms, made public earlier this month. The two other > attendees, Reps. Gregory Meeks and Sheila Jackson Lee, have not yet filed > their reports, after asking for extensions. Only Rangel has failed to > report the trip. > > The *NY Daily News* > <http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cde1&id=63fdfd2a33&e=e1333e4251> > asked Rangel’s office about the report: > > Rangel spokeswoman Hannah Kim said Rangel asked his accountants to > immediately amend his financial disclosure form to report the trip after > National Journal first reported his failure to report the trip Thursday. > > Some members use congress to help their constituents, others to advance > their political ideology, but not Charlie Rangel. 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