"Rangel tapped coffers for legal fees
NEW YORK - Representative Charles Rangel, Democrat of New York, paid more than $100,000 in campaign funds to a law firm to represent him as he continues to face ethical questions over his tax records, according to a published report.
Boot him, Harlem voters!!
The New York Post reported yesterday that the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee had hired the law firm through his Rangel for Congress fund. Federal election rules prohibit elected officials from using campaign funds for personal legal expenses.
Rangel spokesman George Dalley said the representative had a "prior ruling" from the Federal Election Commission that "this is a legitimate campaign expense."
But the chairman of an ethics watchdog group was skeptical. Ken Boehm, chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, said the questions Rangel faces over his taxes appear to be personal in nature. Several Republicans have urged Rangel's removal from the Ways and Means Committee because of questions about his personal finances, including unreported income on a vacation home in the Dominican Republic that has led to his owing an estimated $5,000 in back taxes. --more--"
(Blog author just shaking his head in disbelief at the arrogance)
And here is something for those who think I'm only picking on the black legislators (like Rangel and Wilkerson):
CHICAGO - Edward R. Vrdolyak was the tough, streetwise leader of white aldermen in a spectacular feud with the city's first black mayor 25 years ago. He lost that fight but went on to get rich as a deal maker at the shadowy fringes of Chicago politics.
Now the man nicknamed Fast Eddie is fighting with federal prosecutors. Jury selection is due to begin today in the trial of the 69-year-old former alderman, who is accused of receiving a kickback in a real estate deal. Vrdolyak is charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, and bribery.
They are all the god-damned same.
The charges stem from the same investigation that led to the fraud conviction of influence peddler Antoin Rezko, the fund-raiser who helped bankroll the campaigns of Senator Barack Obama and Governor Rod Blagojevich. The indictment charges that the onetime Cook County Democratic chairman arranged to get a kickback for attorney Stuart Levine in the sale of a piece of property for $15 million.
Levine is a JEWISH name, isn't it?
Levine has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money laundering charges involving Rezko and a plan to use political clout to squeeze various businesses for $7 million in kickbacks. --more--"
We are ANTI-INCUMBENT and ANTI-CORRUPTION here at MSM Lie Monitor.
We are for good, clean government OF, BY, and FOR the PEOPLE!!!!
That means SACKING ALL INCUMBENTS TOMORROW!!!!!
