Posted on 08/09/2010 11:46:59 AM PDT by lbryce
The House ethics committee today released three charges of ethical wrongdoing against Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California.
The charges relate to whether Waters gave inappropriate assistance to a bank to which she had personal connections in getting federal bailout money.
The committee says Waters organized a meeting in 2008 between Treasury officials and executives from OneUnited Bank, where her husband was once a board member and had large investments. The bank received $12 million from the federal government's Troubled Asset Relief Program.
The first charge against Waters states she violated a House rule that members must "behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House." Waters should have instructed her chief of staff to stop assisting OneUnited once it became clear she should not be involved in helping the bank, but she failed to do so, the charges state.
Her staff's "continued involvement in assisting OneUnited created an appearance that [Waters] was taking official action for [Waters'] personal benefit, which did not reflect creditably on the House," the charges state.
Waters was also charged with violating the "spirit" of the House rule that prohibits a member from receiving compensation for exerting improper influence from her position in Congress. Waters' husband's investments in OneUnited constituted compensation, according to the charges.
The congresswoman was also charged with violating the Code of Ethics for Government Service.
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Well,then, I suppose I am now eligible for a cushy government job at the Department of Agriculture. Just biding my time waiting for my call from the PrezDent. :-)
CBS didn’t mention that Waters’ husband had between 250,000 and 500,000 bucks invested in the bank. No doubt, just a little OVERSIGHT!!
Maxine prissy waters “I know nothing about birthing no bank frauds.”
She is known to be fluent in at least two languages, with English second to her native tongue of Ebonics.
Has Alcee Hastings been employed as a mentor?
Nor do I remember any white representatives saying, “why are you rioting in your neighborhoods... why aren’t you going to the white man’s neighborhoods?” Riots, Rodney King, Los Angeles, Kalifornia... she said this live on television and not one word was spoken about it... anyone remember that? Not one word. Its ok to burn and loot “the white man’s neighborhood.” Gotta hand it to them, the rioters... they avoided the Koreans and the White men, except for the truck driver who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. He should of sued her.
Jail her fat big mouthed racist lying a$$- and get rid of the rest of the ‘black caucus’.
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