WASHINGTON — Thirty minutes into his Congressional ethics trial on Monday, all that remained of Representative Charles B. Rangel was the conspicuous presence of his absence.
Because Ms. Waters — like Mr. Rangel — has refused to agree to a proposed settlement, the case is headed toward a House ethics trial, officials said.
She also presented a PowerPoint review of documents — essentially a preview of the defense she will offer at her ethics trial.
To await a verdict: New York Representative Charles Rangel, who walked out of his House ethics trial yesterday, claiming that he did not have enough money or time to bring on counsel.
To know: Charles Rangel, who walked out of his House ethics trial on Monday, was found guilty of eleven of the thirteen charges against him; the panel will decide on his punishment tomorrow.
That question will be among those raised at an ethics trial expected to unfold this fall, House officials predicted Saturday, after Ms. Waters became the second House member to indicate last week that she would challenge an allegation of violating House ethics rules.
Official corruption is much in the news lately — including an upcoming House ethics trial against Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York and expected ethics charges against Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California.
Barring a compromise between his lawyers and the committee, he is likely to go before his peers for judgment in September – the first such ethics trial of a sitting Congressman since 1992.
WASHINGTON — At least two federal prosecutors involved in the botched ethics trial of the late Senator Ted Stevens "intentionally withheld and concealed" significant evidence from the defense team that could have resulted in his acquittal, a court-appointed investigator has concluded.
But for Democratic leaders, whose control of the House is uncertain, the prospect of a public ethics trial involving one its most senior members in the heart of the general election season is extremely worrisome.
PAGE A12 CALL TO FIRE PROSECUTORS Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska called for the summary dismissal of two federal prosecutors who came under particular criticism in a report about the botched ethics trial of former Senator Ted Stevens, while lawyers for the prosecutors complained that their clients had been smeared.
