Charlie Rangel, the Chairman of the Congressional Ways and Means Committee has another problem. His Mercedes Benz has been sitting neglected and unregistered since 2004 in a primo slot in the Congressional parking garage. Charlie owes around $5,000 for the parking slot.
From the NY Post:
Rep. Charles Rangel has been using a House of Representatives parking garage for years as free storage space for his old Mercedes-Benz – a violation of congressional rules and a potential new tax woe for the embattled lawmaker, The Post has learned.
The 1972 silver sedan is registered to Rangel, who is already under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, and is parked in a coveted section of an indoor lot, near elevators that lead to his office.
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The car is covered with a protective tarp and has no license plates. Rangel’s registration on the vehicle expired in 2004, state records show.
House rules forbid use of the garage for long-term storage more than 45 days – and congressional aides told The Post that Rangel’s car has been sitting there for years.
The veteran Harlem Democrat, who is chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, is under fire for numerous lapses.
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The magnifying glass is centered on Charlie. Let’s see how he tries to get out of the predicaments.
t/b: Michelle Malkin
“The magnifying glass is centered on Charlie.”
More please, Sir.
Rangel Car-eening From Scandal To Scandal…
You have to give Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) points for consistently. He’s consistently taking actions that reek of tax evasion and careening from one scandal to the next. And so are Congressional Democrats….