Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she’s once again sticking by embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) — at least for now.
Pelosi (D-Calif.) said during a Thursday press conference that she had not yet read the full report from the ethics committee, which admonished Rangel, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, for improperly accepting reimbursement for two trips to the Caribbean.
“All I saw was the press release where they said he did not violate the rules of the House,” Pelosi said. “And I think that’s an important statement that they made.”
“I thank them for taking this action and I hope they will have other actions soon. But they did not take action against him, they just said he did not knowingly break the rules,” she said.
An ethical cloud has followed Rangel for more than a year, and Thursday's statement by the House ethics panel that Rangel violated House rules comes as Democrats are prepping themselves for difficult mid-term elections in November.
5 comments:
AHHHH the Blair house witch speaks ! Of course she will cover him if convicted she's next !
This wont take him down, he will shift the liability.
If Nancy won't do it the voters should take over. Kick both of them out.
one set of rules for us, another for the "ruling class". Most of them need to go.
unknowingly breaking rules counts as rule breaking. ignorance is no excuse.
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