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Charlie Rangel Ethics Trial: House Panel Weighs Congressman's Fate

An eight-member House panel is deliberating the fate of Rep. Charles Rangel after he walked out of his ethics trial Monday when the panel refused his request to delay the proceeding. Rangel, who faces 13 counts of violating House rules, appeared in the morning without a legal team, saying he could not afford representation and asking to postpone the trial until he could. Despite Rangel's absence, the committee's staff attorneys continued with their case against him, making an early motion for a summary judgment against the long-serving Democrat, meaning that no further witnesses or evidence ...

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