Source: CBS
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) said on Monday he had no idea he was entering an event for Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) at a Harlem restaurant.

Source: Reuters

Congressman Charles Rangel became the first U.S. House member in 27 years to be censured after being convicted on 11 counts of ethics violations. Jon Decker reports.

Ranking Member Bonner delivered a blistering rebuke of Charlie Rangel’s actions right to his face. It’s a must see.

From the AP:

A House ethics panel has found Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York guilty on 11 counts of breaking House rules.

The full ethics committee will next conduct a hearing on the appropriate punishment for the former chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. The committee will then make a recommendation to the House.

After more than 40 years of corruption Rangel is finally being held accountable. If he has even a shred of decency he will retire. The man is 80 years old. How long does he really need to hang on?

A corrupt and petulant Charlie Rangel walked out of his ethic trial today. Before walking out he bitterly complained about not being able to set-up a legal defense fund. He then asked for the trial to be put on hold while he found appropriate legal council. His request was denied and the trial simply moved forward without him.

What the American people were treated to this morning was a temper tantrum by a crooked Congressman who can’t understand why after 40 years of corruption he’s suddenly being held accountable.

Every once in a while John Stewart nails an issue perfectly. Here’s The Daily Show’s take on the race card being played in the Charlie Rangel / Maxine Waters ethics trials.

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Now days it’s not so much when is the left going to play the race card, but rather when isn’t the left going to play the race card.

The latest faux racial controversy involves crooked members of the Commie Pinko Congressional Black Caucus. Nancy Pelosi once talked of “draining the swamp” and the republican “culture of corruption.” She trumpeted her passage of the strictest ethics legislation in history.

All that made for great TV and great talking points until her own members became ensnared by the tough new ethics laws.

Specifically, eight members of the radical left Commie Pinko Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) fell under investigation.

So now, the left is doing what it always does when it gets in a jam — pulls out the well worn race card.

Arrogant, crooked members of the CBC like Charlie Rangel and Castro apologist Maxine Waters have suggested that racism is fueling the ethics charges against them and other members of the CBC. They actually started creating this narrative last year.

So let me get this straight. Rangel forgets to declare $500K of income and doesn’t pay his taxes, but is only called out for it because he’s black? I would suggest it was because he’s a crook who just happens to be black.

Castro apologist Maxine Waters intervened to make sure a bank with leftist family ties back home town got bailed out, but was only called out for it because she’s black? Here again, I would suggest it was because she’s a crook who just happens to be black. In fact, I would classify Waters as more Red than black anyway.

For the record, there are also white democrats and a couple of republicans who also under investigation. Do we now have a diversity quota for members of congress under investigation? Should we throw a Latino and maybe an Asian into the mix to make sure all factions are represented? Let’s throw Barney Frank in there as well so we can have gays represented. Oh wait, investigating Barney would probably be considered homophobic.

Politico’s latest headline on this blares “Ethics Cases Raise Racial Questions,” but I don’t think that’s accurate.

The only racial questions being raised about these cases are from those members under investigation and their cronies.

The Real Reason The CBC Is So Full Of Crooks

The real question that Congress should be asking is not why the ethics committee is targeting 8 members of the CBC, but rather why is the CBC so full of crooks?

I think it’s because many of the CBC members are considered civil rights heroes and therefore allowed to claim permanent victim status. As such they thought they were above the law. They thought no one would dare accuse them of being unethical. They were wrong.

In a truly post-racial America crooks are crooks and skin color shouldn’t matter. Members of congress should be held to the highest ethical standards possible regardless of race, gender, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.

Charlie Rangel is a crook. He happens to be a black crook. Were he a Latino tranny with one leg he would still be a crook.

From NRO:

An ethics panel has concluded that House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D., N.Y.) broke House rules, according to the AP:

Rangel was being investigated for irregularities in his financial disclosures, failure to pay taxes on a home in the Dominican Republic,  suspicious use of multiple rent-controlled apartments in New York City, and fundraising activities at a City College institute founded in his name.

Rangel is one of Washington’s biggest crooks. This is only one of a string of ethics investigations still under way. Not only is Charlie corrupt, he’s also arrogant, pompous, and liberal — a truly toxic combination.

Hat tip Hot Air