Maxine Waters
Maxine Waters’ attorneys to ethics panel: Back off
Politico – Attorneys for Rep. Maxine Waters are demanding that the ethics committee stop investigating the California Democrat before her upcoming congressional trial on ethics charges. In an Aug. 25 letter to Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Jo Bonner (R-Ala.), the chairwoman and ranking member of the panel, attorneys Stan Brand and Andrew Herman claim [...]
Race An Undeniable Aspect of Democrats’ Ethics Troubles
CQ Politics – There is no way to put this delicately: the ethics scandals swirling around Reps. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) aren’t just a political boon to Republicans because they spotlight corruption in the Democratic Congress. They’re also a political gift to the GOP because Rangel and Waters are African-American. Let’s [...]
