Rangel Continues to Spend Heavily on Legal Fees

Embattled Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel (N.Y.), the focus of a year-long investigation by the House ethics committee, continues to spend heavily on legal help, shelling out more than a quarter of a million dollars this summer.

Rangel’s latest report with the Federal Election Commission shows the New York Democrat paid $254,886 to three law firms during the July 1-Sept. 30 period, with $236,159 of that total going to the firm Zuckerman Spaeder on July 6. During the last quarter, Rangel raised more than $807,000, according to his FEC report.

Read more: (John Bresnahan, “Rangel Still Spending Big on Legal Help,” Politico, 10/15/09)