Sep 24, 2008 9:32 pm US/Eastern
House To Launch Investigation Into Rep. Rangel
Use Of Congressional Stationery, Harlem Rent-Stabilized Apartments Among Items On Inquiry
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U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
AP
CBS 2 has learned the House of Representatives will conduct an inquiry into Rep. Charles Rangel, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
The ethics committee of Congress announced they established a subcommittee to investigate Rangel, who has already been in plenty of hot water recently.
One stunning part of the determination is that the committee decided to investigate his use of congressional stationery in three separate years to seek donors for a public policy institute in his name at City College.
The committee will also investigate Rangel's use of four rent-stabilized apartments leased in the Lenox Terrace apartment complex in Harlem, the financing of the beachfront villa leased in the Dominican Republic, and his questionable storage of a late-model Mercedes Benz in the house garage.
In a statement the committee said it will determine whether Rangel "violated the Code of Official Conduct, or any law, rule, regulation or other standard of conduct applicable to his conduct in the performance of his duties."
The committee gave no indication of how long the probe will take.
Stay with wcbstv.com for more on this developing story.
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