Rangel Paid Parking Tickets with Campaign Money

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) racked up $1,540 in parking tickets on his Chrysler PT Cruiser and paid for them – legally – with campaign money, his office confirmed Tuesday.

Rangel, who is fighting off a House ethics committee investigation of his taxes, campaign contributions and four rent-stabilized apartments in New York, was hit for multiple parking violations around the District of Columbia since March 2007, Congressional Quarterly reported. Payments were made from Rangel’s campaign committee and his “leadership” political action committee.

Read more: (Richard Sisk, “Charles Rangel Paid Parking Tickets with Campaign Money,” Daily News, 12/31/08)