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The public ethics trial of Representative Charles B. Rangel, Democrat of New York, on 13 charges of unethical behavior took a stunning turn Monday morning when Mr. Rangel walked out of the hearing 40 minutes after it began, complaining that it would be unfair to continue the process because he could no longer afford a lawyer.
This man is crooked and he knows exactly what he has done. What an embarrassment to the Democrat party, but yet he was re-elected and some Dems actually still support him. Un-believable....but typical.
Rangel tapped his National Leadership PAC for $293,000 to pay his main legal-defense team this year. He took another $100,000 from the PAC in 2009 to pay lawyer Lanny Davis.
Two legal experts told The Post such spending is against House rules.
They aren't required too, didn't you listen to the tape? He's had 2 years to prepare for this trial and now he is way past a pitiful joke.
That's what I was going to say. I couldn't believe it when I saw it on the news this morning, the gall of this man to stand there and say he couldn't afford a lawyer and couldn't defend himself. After that amount of time, he hasn't been able to study up at the very least? He's gotten himself into quite a jam. Maybe he should sell his vacation home in the Dominican Republic and hire a lawyer.
He needs to leave town and take Pelosi, Reid, and Franke with him. And if Obummer would join their party and find a new destination to call home that would be even better!!
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