The House ethics committee is investigating an alleged quid pro quo between Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and an oil company executive, the subject of a lengthy New York Times article published in December.
Eugene Isenberg, the oil executive accused of trying to influence Rangel through a $1 million donation to the education center bearing Rangel’s name, is cooperating with an ethics committee investigation into the matter and predicts that the panel will find no wrongdoing.
The story by Susan Crabtree continues:
The assertion was caught on tape during a conversation with Peter Flaherty of the National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative watchdog that has investigated several ethics stories about Rangel. Flaherty approached Isenberg at the company’s annual meeting in Houston last week, taped the conversation and provided The Hill a transcript and audio recording.
As detailed in a previous entry, I actually questioned Isenberg (pictured) during the formal Q&A session of the Nabors Industries annual meeting on June 2. NLPC is a Nabors shareholder.
The Hill is a newspaper the covers the Congress. It is frequently read by members of Congress and their staffs.