Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel — infamously known for pocketing rental income from his Caribbean cottage without disclosing it — has apparently left behind a modest estate, court records show.
Rangel, who died May 26 at age 94, had assets worth only $300,000, according to Manhattan Surrogate Court filings.
That is far less than his net worth of more than $1.7 million upon his retirement from Congress in 2017, as reported by the watchdog group Open Secrets.
Congressman Charles Rangel died in May at age 94. Getty Images
The current assets of the once-powerful chair of the House’s Ways and Means Committee were not detailed in court filings.
His daughter, Alicia Rangel-Haughton, was named executor of the Democrat’s estate.
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The late representative’s property is to be placed in the Charles Bernard Rangel Revocable Trust, the assets of which were not disclosed