Rangel is a crook. The guy in his spot before him was an even bigger crook Adam Clayton Powell.
My Old Man told me that Powell was dumb enough to try and shake down the Giglio one year. This is when Buckaloo was still around. Long story short, he never tried that again .
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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