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  • Maxine Waters’ Ethics Trial Stalls. Again. (Who Is Surprised?)

    07/23/2011 10:23:59 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 33 replies · 1+ views
    Pajamas Media ^ | July 23, 2011 | Patrick Richadson
    Waters threatens to sue the House Ethics Committee for mishandling her case.The long-delayed ethics probe of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) may be underway again, however Waters is now threatening to sue the House Ethics Committee. Waters is accused of using her influence to gain special treatment for Massachusetts-based bank OneUnited, which received $12 million in bailout funds. Changing a law was required in order to get them the money. Her husband, former Ambassador Sidney Williams, owned more than $350,000 in stock in the bank, and had also been a board member.Because of infighting following the November 2010 election, her trial...
  • Maxine Waters under scrutiny for bank ties

    03/13/2009 1:44:18 AM PDT · by markomalley · 131 replies · 9,473+ views
    LA Times ^ | 3/13/2009 | Richard Simon and E. Scott Reckard
    Rep. Maxine Waters, one of Los Angeles' most enduring liberal politicians, has come under scrutiny because of bailout funds that went to a bank in which her husband had owned stock and served on the board. Waters was a senior member of the congressional committee dealing with the financial crisis when OneUnited Bank -- one of the nation's largest minority-owned institutions -- received $12 million in bailout funds. Her husband, Sidney Williams, served on the bank board until early last year and held at least $500,000 in investments in the bank in 2007, the most recent year for which public...