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Pelosi sticks with Rangel, notes ethics panel ‘did not take action’

Pat McMahon Contributor
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she’s once again sticking by embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) — at least for now.

Pelosi (D-Calif.) said during a Thursday press conference that she had not yet read the full report from the ethics committee, which admonished Rangel, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, for improperly accepting reimbursement for two trips to the Caribbean.

“All I saw was the press release where they said he did not violate the rules of the House,” Pelosi said. “And I think that’s an important statement that they made.”

Full story: Pelosi sticks with Rangel, notes ethics panel ‘did not take action’ – TheHill.com