Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) might not be out of the woods yet.
The House voted last Thursday to censure the former Ways and Means Committee chairman for violating 11 House ethics rules. Next, he may be facing an investigation at the hands of the Federal Election Commission.
The FEC is investigating a complaint that Rangel misused his political action committee to fund his legal defense over House ethics rules, the New York Post reported Sunday.
Filed by the National Legal and Policy Center, the complaint charges that Rangel used nearly $400,000 raised by his National Leadership PAC to pay his legal bills. Rangel told the House Ethics Committee last month that he could no longer afford counsel in the panel’s proceedings after spending more than $2 million on legal fees.
Rangel's office did not immediately respond to POLITICO for comment.
