Rangel: Ethics Panel Violating My Constitutional Rights

Rep. Charlie Rangel argues a House ethics panel violated his Constitutional due process rights in a 32-page submission to the committee.

Rangel said the investigative subcommittee that brought charges against him did not give him enough time to provide a defense, violating the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause.

The veteran lawmaker said he was prevented from answering the committee’s charges in  a point-by-point repudiation of the allegations brought against him.

“For forty years, Congressman Rangel has faithfully served the people of New York’s Fifteenth District,” Rangel said in the statement.