More Troublesome Allegations Loom for Rangel

Beyond the trips, Rangel faces more troublesome allegations regarding his failure to pay taxes on a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic, the use of his congressional office to raise money for the wing of a New York college named in his honor, revised financial disclosure forms that show more than $500,000 in previously unreported wealth, and his use of a rent-controlled apartment for his political committees.

Read more: (Paul Kane, “Rep. Rangel’s Trips Broke Congressional Gift Rules, Panel Says,” The Washington Post, 2/26/10)