New York Congressman Charles Rangel has reportedly cut a deal to admit to ethical wrongdoing and avoid a potentially humiliating public trial.
Harlem friends of Rangel tell CBS 2 they have been told that the details could be unveiled when the House Ethics Committee meets Thursday afternoon.
“Sixty years ago I survived a Chinese attack in North Korea and as a result I wrote a book saying that I hadn’t had a bad day since,” Rangel said. “Today I have to reassess that statement.”
In a sense, Thursday is Charlie Rangel’s war. He is battling to preserve his legacy of 40 years of congressional service in the face of ethics charges that, at the very least, will subject him to a humiliating process of having to admit ethical wrong doing.
(Source: WCBSTV)
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As of 1:30 this afternoon he is denying any deal has been reached. Ms. Pelosi has stated this “will have to be a bipartisan decision” and “the political chips will fall . . .”
“Rangel has reportedly cut a deal to admit to ethical wrongdoing and avoid a potentially humiliating public trial”.
VERY Interesting… Just a few days ago I heard him on the news saying how he was LOOKING FORWARD to a trial so he could prove his innocence and clear his name.
If I was caught doing what he is accused (and is being reported that he is admitting to in a plea) of doing, I would be sent to jail. Perhaps I should run for Congress, where the only rule seems to be “we make the rules, we can break the rules”.
to #3 let me correct you. if you run for congress as a “democrat” the republicans dont typically get awat with this stuff once they are caught