The Hill reports that Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) has at last hired a forensic investigator to review his financial records and ethics filings:
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) has hired the accounting firm of Watkins, Meegan, Drury and Company to investigate his financial records and prepare a report for the House ethics committee. The selection of Watkins, Meegan comes two months after Rangel first announced he would hire a forensic auditor to investigate 20 years of his personal income taxes and financial disclosure records, which are riddled with areas [sic. — presumably ‘errors’]. The Washington area-based public accounting firm employs 200 professionals and has been in business for more than 30 years. Mary Lou Gervie, a forensic accountant and a former revenue agent with the IRS, will lead the investigations into Rangel’s record, Rangel’s office said in a release.
Rangel’s attorney–Lanny Davis–had previously said that Rangel would seek to hire an investigator who did not have a direct relation with Rangel:
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