Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) spent almost $280,000 on lawyers in the last quarter as he faces several ethics investigations, according to his campaign financial disclosure.
Rangel has spent a total of $926,000 on attorneys in the past year.
The Ways and Means Committee chairman still raised $405,000 last quarter, much of which came from corporations, labor unions and trade associations.
The House is looking into whether trips Rangel took to the Caribbean in 2007 and 2008 violated rules against corporate-funded travel. He’s also being investigated for getting a special deal on some Harlem apartments, for not paying taxes on rental income and for using his post as chairman to raise money by preserving a tax break for a major donor to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College.