December 31, 2008

More news for the Charlie Rangel is a scumbag file

Joe Garcia's fund raising buddy is in trouble AGAIN.

Rangel Pays Parking Tickets With Campaign Funds

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel of New York has used campaign funds to pay $1,540 in fines from parking tickets in the District of Columbia in the last two years, according to federal campaign finance records and his office.

Rangel’s campaign committee and his “leadership” political action committee have combined to make 14 separate payments to the D.C. treasurer for “automobile expenses” since March 16, 2007, and a Rangel spokesman confirmed that campaign aides believe they were for tickets.

H/T: TheCardinal

Posted by Henry Louis Gomez at December 31, 2008 12:16 AM

Comments

Well, this is obviously a vast right-wing racist conspiracy. Just like the governor of Illinois isn't trying to shore up his worthless stock by trying to appoint a conveniently black replacement for Obama in the Senate.

Posted by: asombra [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 31, 2008 10:00 AM

Yeah! Isn't that racist? If it were the other way around Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson would be having a field day.

Posted by: Firefly [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 3, 2009 12:23 AM


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