Watchdog hits Rangel (government group files formal complaint with House Ethics Committee)

How long does it take the House Ethics Committee to investigate Rangel when it is right in front of their nose? Didn't take the Pelosi House long to admonish Cong Wilson for saying to the President "You Lie" which turned out to be true but why let facts get in the way of decorum. That was a much worse offense according to Pelosi who refuses to remove Rangel from the Committee writing the Tax Code then the fraud of Rangel by her actions.

Watchdog hits Rangel
NY Post
9/18/09
Charles Hurt

WASHINGTON -- A government-watchdog group filed a formal complaint yesterday with the House Ethics Committee to investigate the puzzling array of questions surrounding Rep. Charlie Rangel's ownership of a Harlem brownstone.

In addition to his failure to report proceeds from the 2004 sale of 74 W. 132nd St., Rangel also failed to report rental income, The Post reported last month.

"To the degree Rep. Rangel underreported rental income year after year on his financial-disclosure statements from his investment property, serious questions arise as to whether he also failed to report such income on his city, state and federal income-tax returns," Ken Boehm, chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, wrote to the Ethics Committee.

The committee already is investigating Rangel.

Among the problems with Rangel's disclosure forms is that in 2002 he reported that the property was valued at as much as $500,000 but now claims it was worth only as much as $100,000.

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