Rangel Wants a Delay

AP – Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, before the …

Charles Rangel wants a delay in his trial. He needs more time to raise money for a lawyer. The panel said no. The evidence is so strong, they don't even need witnesses.

Rangel, 80 years old and a 20-term Democrat representing New York's famed Harlem neighborhood, implored a House ethics committee panel to delay, declaring in an emotional address that "50 years of public service is on the line." But the panel basically decided that the 2 1/2-year-old case had gone on long enough — and Congress had little time left to deal with it in the lame duck session that commenced Monday.

Rangel needs to just take some responsibility here for his actions. 

"I truly believe I am not being treated fairly," Rangel said.

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