lawyer during this proceeding. >> reporter: rangel has already spent more than $2 million on his defense. he'd need another $1 million for the trial. rangel showed up with no lawyer, having split with his legal team last month. and then just last week, prosecutors filed a new 80-page statement of evidence. rangel clearly was not ready. >> i did not know until a week ago that this 80 pages would be the way you intended to judge my conduct. a week ago. >> reporter: rangel's accused of improperly obtaining four rent-stabilized apartments in harlem. he's charged with misstating his assets by $500,000, and soliciting thousands for a school named after him at city college. >> these allegations, if proven, would demonstrate that mr. rangel i have a lated multiple provisions of the house rules and federal statutes. >> reporter: the committee considered rangel's request but said no. so rangel walked out and the prosecution began. >> put simply, the record before you is the record.