November 15, 2010

Stalling for time - Charlie Rangel

Charlie Rangel is stalling for time. From CNN Politics:
Rangel walks out of ethics hearing
Embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-New York, walked out of his House ethics subcommittee hearing Monday morning, complaining that he has not had sufficient time to hire a new legal team to respond to corruption allegations.

The subcommittee members continued meeting behind closed doors.

"Fifty years of public service is on the line. And I truly believe that I am not being treated fairly," he declared. "I deserve a lawyer."

Rangel told the subcommittee he has already spent $2 million defending himself from the charges, and had been advised the hearing -- similar to a trial -- could cost him another $1 million.

Rangel: 'I am not going away'

Rangel: 'Not asking for leniency' He complained that he was not being given enough time to raise funds to hire new lawyers because the committee was rushing to complete its work before the conclusion of the current lame duck Congress.

Rangel's original defense team left him in September.
Emphasis mine -- if it walks like a duck... And what legal team would want to be defending someone so patently corrupt. He was certainly at the trough when Fannie and Freddie were playing out. He should man up and pay the piper. Posted by DaveH at November 15, 2010 7:42 AM