Is Charlie Rangel Toast for taxes

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Groups want counsel for Rangel probe
By Susan Crabtree - 09/01/09 07:50 AM ET

Exasperated watchdog groups are calling for a special counsel to intervene in the ethics committee probe of Rep. Charles Rangel.

The disclosure records normally are due in May, but Rangel, who chairs the powerful Ways and Means panel, filed an extension and then decided to amend previous year reports and filed those changes in August, when news is usually slow and lawmakers are out of town.

Some in the watchdog community are tired of waiting for the ethics committee.

“Appointing a special counsel is a step the committee could and should take,” said Lisa Gilbert, democracy advocate for U.S. PIRG. “There really couldn’t be a situation where there is a more overt case for doing so than with Rangel…it’s that serious and far-ranging.”


http://thehill.com/homenews/house/56913-watchdogs-appoint-special-counsel-to-probe-rangel