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Judicial Watch Files Ethics Complaint against Maxine Waters over Incitement and Jury Intimidation
Federal Court Heard Set for High School Coach Fired Over Critical Race Theory
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Judicial Watch Files Ethics Complaint against Maxine Waters over Incitement and Jury Intimidation
You may recall that in June 2018, we filed a House ethics complaint against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) for inciting violence and assaults on former-President Trump’s cabinet.
Well, she’s at it again, this time she encouraged violence and attempted to intimidate the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin.
We filed a complaint with the chairman of the House Office of Congressional Ethics against Waters for violating House ethics rules with these remarks. Our complaint argues that Rep. Waters encouraged violence by urging protestors to “get more confrontational” if Chauvin is found not guilty. She told the crowd:
Well, we’ve got to stay on the street and we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.
We noted that Waters statements seem to be in violation of House ethics rules that require members to conduct themselves “at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.”
In the complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics chairman, I wrote:
Ms. Waters took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, which includes the rights accorded to Officer Chauvin to a fair and impartial trial by a jury of his peers and to due process. Ms. Waters’ inflammatory comments that pressure the jury, while encouraging rioters already engaged in rampant destruction of property and attacks on police officers, to “get more confrontational” are irresponsible and dangerous incitement by a Member of Congress.
House Rule 23, Clause 1, of the Code of Official Conduct of the Rules of the House of Representatives states: “A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall conduct himself at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.”
Ms. Waters’ conduct surely does not reflect creditably on the House. By encouraging violence in response to a “guilty” jury verdict, she seeks to undermine the Constitution’s guarantees and protections, and fosters the breakdown of civil society. Such dangerous and reckless rhetoric demands investigation.
More disturbingly still, this behavior by Rep. Waters represents a pattern of conduct. In June 2018, Ms. Waters exhorted protesters to form “crowds” to “push back” on President Trump’s cabinet members, saying, “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them! And you tell them that they are not welcome, anymore, anywhere.”
That reprehensible conduct prompted Judicial Watch to file an earlier complaint with OCE, which has been inexcusably ignored.
Rep. Maxine Waters’ comments, in the least, fall under the expansive standard for “incitement” set by the House in its snap impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
Judicial Watch calls upon the Office of Congressional Ethics to launch an investigation into Ms. Waters’ comments immediately.
Waters not only incited violence. She is compromised the legal system by intimidating the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin. Maxine Waters is a repeat offender, and it is urgent that the House Ethics Committee quickly acts to hold her accountable. You can let your congressman know what you think about Waters’ behavior by contacting them through the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-225-3121.
Federal Court Heard Set for High School Coach Fired Over Critical Race Theory
A court hearing will be held on April 26 regarding the federal civil rights lawsuit we filed on behalf of a Massachusetts father who was fired from his position as high school football coach after raising concerns over Black Lives Matter/Critical Race Theory being taught in his daughter’s seventh-grade ancient history class.
The hearing will be via video conference on Monday, April 26, 2021, at 3:15 pm ET.
We filed the lawsuit on behalf of David Flynn, the father of two Dedham Public School students. He was removed from his position as head high school football coach after exercising his right as a citizen to raise concerns about his daughter’s seventh-grade history class curriculum being changed to include biased coursework on politics, race, gender equality, and diversity ( Flynn v. Forrest et al. (No. 21-cv-10256)).
Our suit details that in September 2020, Flynn’s daughter’s seventh-grade history class, which was listed as “World Geography and Ancient History I,” was taught issues of race, gender, stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination, and politics. The lawsuit explains:
In one assignment, Flynn’s daughter was asked to consider various “risk factors” and “mitigating factors” that two people – one identified as “white” and the other identified as “black” – purportedly might use to assess each other on a city street. Included among the various factors were skin color, gender, age, physical appearance, and attire. “Black,” “aggressive body language” and “wrong neighborhood” were among the “risk factors” purportedly assessed by the person identified as “white.” “White” and “Police officer” were among the “risk factors” purportedly assessed by the person identified as “black.”
Concerned about the abrupt change in curriculum, Flynn and his wife contacted the history teacher and principal of the school – then later Superintendent Michael J. Welch and three members of the Dedham School Committee. On more than one occasion the Flynns asked for assistance in resolving the issues with the curriculum. Ultimately, in October 2020, the Flynns removed their children from school. The Flynns’ list of concerns included:
In January 2021, Flynn, who had been the head football coach at Dedham High School (DHS) since 2011, was called into a meeting with Welch as well as the DHS principal and athletic director. At the meeting, Welch handed Flynn one of the emails he had written to the Dedham School Committee members and informed him that one of the committee members asked Welch, “What are we going to do about this?” At the end of the meeting Flynn was told that they “were going in a different direction” with the football program. Minutes later, the superintendent, high school principal, and athletic director released a public statement, stating that Flynn was removed as head football coach because he “expressed significant philosophical differences with the direction, goals, and values of the school district.”
We are asking that the court award damages to Flynn and that a jury trial be held. We are being assisted by attorney Andrew J. Couture of Leominster, Massachusetts.
A moving video presentation regarding the case is available here . I encourage you to view and share. Coach Flynn is on the front lines on a battle for our children and our country that is now taking place in schools across the country.
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Hold her , I wouldn’t touch her with a hundred foot pole
Hold her accountable? She’s:
1) Black
2) Female (I think)
3) Democrat
4) Got cover from media
5) Got cover from all dems
In other words, if she was playing poker, she’s holding a royal flush. All boxes are ticked, all bases are covered.
Nothing will happen to her.
It’s sad that the only thing Maxine can look forward to is looking up and watching her family fight over her estate
You're absolutely right of course. If Donald Trump said something like she did the media and other Democrats would be demanding criminal charges, not just some sort of censure.
Nice sentiment but....
Dems skate, conservatives go to prison.
That’s what happens within our system.
And the Dems also win because they don’t care about the law or the system. We do.
Judicial Watch is the only one able to file these complaints? There should be dozens.
SPJNK.
“Judicial Watch is the only one able to file these complaints? There should be dozens.”
It would seem as though these governors and state legislators should be upset when a California congresswoman sticks her nasty nose into a state criminal trial.
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defintely hold her accountable.
start by making her move into her district
she won’t like THAT, for sure!
She broke the law in Minnesota! She should be investigated and indicted in Minnesota. If those in power refuse to hold Waters accountable for her crimes, those people in power should be impeached and removed from office.
No one going to a damn thing to Maxine. She’s the queen of crime.
black, women, arrogant and in position no one will touch her
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