House ethics committee finds Ways and Means Chairman Rangel violated travel rules

Ethics panel finds Rangel broke rules

WASHINGTON — Rep. Charles Rangel says an ethics panel’s finding against him is “disturbing” and promises he will have more to say about it after he consults with his lawyer.

Rangel read a report by the House ethics committee that found he knowingly accepted Caribbean trips from a corporation in violation of House rules. At least four other members of the Congressional Black Caucus who were also on the 2007 and 2008 trips were exonerated by the panel, a congressional source familiar with the findings told The Associated Press.