by CHARLES HURT | Bureau Chief NYPost
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Charles Rangel failed to report as much as $1.3 million in outside income -- including up to $1 million for a Harlem building sale -- on financial-disclosure forms he filed between 2002 and 2006, according to newly amended records.
The documents also show the embattled chairman of the Ways and Means Committee -- who is being probed by the House Ethics Committee -- failed to reveal a staggering $3 million in various business transactions over the same period.
This week, Rangel filed drastically revised financial-disclosure forms reflecting new, higher amounts of outside income and numerous additional business deals that had not been reported when the reports were originally filed.
In 2004, for instance, Rangel reported earning between $4,000 and $10,000 in outside earnings on top of his $158,100 congressional salary.
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Its hard to find fault with Charlie Rangel. He is so busy proposing to raise everyone else's tax bill he has no time to take account of HIS own wealth. A few buildings in rent-controlled NYC (Which clearly someone of his stature deserves instead of the spirit of the law), property in PR, and god know what else, no surprise he's unaware of his personal tax liability. Too bad they wont send him to jail, or at least hit him confiscatory tax bill of upwards of 80% like they would do to any of us. Another fine example of some pig being more equal than others.
