Rangel’s Big Wheel Benz the Rules

Rep. Charles Rangel has been using a House of Representatives parking garage for years as free storage space for his old Mercedes-Benz – a violation of congressional rules and a potential new tax woe for the embattled lawmaker, The Post has learned.

The 1972 silver sedan is registered to Rangel, who is already under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, and is parked in a coveted section of an indoor lot, near elevators that lead to his office.

The car is covered with a protective tarp and has no license plates. Rangel’s registration on the vehicle expired in 2004, state records show.

Read more: (Daphne Retter, “Big Wheel Benz the Rules,” New York Post, 9/18/08)