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    Although House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) explained he was "concerned" about Rangel's failure to disclose at least $600,000 in financial assets, he stressed during an interview with MSNBC that "due process" would be better served if House lawmakers stepped back and allowed ethics investigators to do their work without interruption. "I am not defending Charlie Rangel; I am defending due process ... I am defending the institution of the House of Representatives. We set up an ethics committee to take a look at this kind of thing, and we ought not to get out in front of [it]." "If we're not going to let them do their work, let's dissolve the ethics committee and do it ourselves," Clyburn added. Full Article at The Hill
    I am not defending Charlie Rangel; I am defending due process ... I am defending the institution of the House of Representatives. We set up an ethics committee to take a look at this kind of thing, and we ought not to get out in front of [it].
    James Clyburn – James Clyburn SOURCE: The Hill 1 month ago
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Clyburn: 'I am not defending Rangel, I am defending due process'
  1. If we're not going to let them do their work, let's dissolve the ethics committee and do it ourselves
    SOURCE: The Hill 1 month ago
  2. I said to many people: The one time this has been discussed within the Congressional Black Caucus was last week. And all they said was: Charlie Rangel is being treated differently here than the way one of our other members, on another exclusive committee, (is being treated) ... And I would never ask him...
    SOURCE: The Hill 1 month ago

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