If
the House ethics inquiry finds the congressman broke the rules and / or the law in some way, well... that's a different story altogether.
Not exact matches
To find out answers to that and related
inquiries, I did some research and also spoke to Richard Painter and Norman Eisen, the former top White
House ethics counsels for George W. Bush (2005 - 2007) and Barack Obama (2009 - 2011).
And on Wednesday, Rangel said he was stepping down from his chairmanship of the powerful
House Ways and Means Committee amid an ongoing
ethics inquiry.
In 2010, amid an
inquiry into possible
House ethics violations, Rangel held a similar birthday fund - raiser which was attended by Andrew Cuomo, who was campaigning for governor at the time.