Is Rep. Maxine Waters Corrupt?

Here’s the Scoop

Data from the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) shows that House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) has used more than $1.2 million in campaign funds to pay her daughter.

FEC data shows that since 2003, Karen Waters has received more than $1.2 million in payments from her mother to her and her company, Progressive Connections, for campaign-related services.

The payment amounts range from hundreds of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars for things like “slate mailer management” fees, “campaign managing services,” and paying for a “band for [a] holiday event.”

Slate-mailing is an uncommon practice in federal elections, where a consulting firm is hired to create a pamphlet of sorts that contains a list of candidates or policy measures and advises voters on how to cast their ballots.

Rep. Waters was reportedly the only federal politician to use a slate-mailer operation during the 2020 general election.

Karen Waters isn’t the first family member to receive a hefty sum of campaign funds.

In 2004, a report from the Los Angeles Times revealed that the Waters campaign had paid more than $1 million to other family members over the previous eight years.

Source: Middle America News

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