Charlie Rangel walks out of ethics trial - politico
Politics • November 2010 • Views: 762
Complaining bitterly that he was denied the right to have an attorney present, an emotional Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) walked out of his highly publicized public ethics trial Monday morning, an unexpected twist in the ethics inquiry has tarnished Rangel’s four-decade congressional career.
The ethics panel, after an unexpected 40-minute private session, quickly rejected Rangel’s request to delay the trial.