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Charles Rangel: “I'm being denied the right to have a lawyer right now, because I don't have the opportunity to have a legal defense fund…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2010
I'm being denied the right to have a lawyer right now, because I don't have the opportunity to have a legal defense fund set up and because I can't afford another million dollars.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Rangel argues that he is being denied due process due to his inability to afford legal representation.

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