Yesterday, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) was charged with ethics violations and now faces a public trial that could result in his expulsion from the House after 40 years in office. The House Ethics Committee has not released details on the charges against Rangel. According to a New York Post article, the long list of accusations includes an alleged failure to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets and income on the financial-disclosure forms he has filed with Congress each year.
The trial is scheduled to start next Thursday. For more on the story click here.
By Sarah Mamula