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Government Corruption
California Democratic Representative Maxine Waters is hit by nepotism storm as it's revealed she's paid her daughter more than $80,000 of donors' cash so far in 2021
2021-10-19
  • Maxine Waters, a Democratic representative from California, paid her daughter Karen Waters $81,650 in campaign funds in the last fiscal year

  • The payments were broken down into 12 installments from October 23, 2020 to June 17, 2021 with categories like 'slate mailer management' fees

  • Karen has worked on Waters' campaigns for decades organizing slate mailers listing candidates and policies and advising voters who to elect

  • She has earned $1.1 million for her work since 2003

  • Waters has previously been criticized for using her campaign funds to pay her family members
Related:
Karen Waters: 2019-01-27 Rep. Maxine Waters facing new legal questions over campaign mailers
Karen Waters: 2017-04-25 Maxine Waters Slated to Pay Daughter Another $108K From Campaign Funds
Karen Waters: 2009-03-19 Rep Maxine Waters used campaign funds to help her daughter
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  Not one damn thing will be done about it.

But these same people want any amount over $600 in your bank account to be reviewed.
Posted by: Crusader   2021-10-19 15:50  

#4  Black Privilege in action.
Posted by: Titus Turkeyneck6948   2021-10-19 14:34  

#3  Wow! Maxine is obviously in trouble! She might only get 80% of the vote in her district in the next election.
Posted by: Tom   2021-10-19 12:53  

#2  Fox News and the New York Post are reporting on it, too.

But not MSNBC or CNN.
Posted by: Bobby   2021-10-19 11:30  

#1  got to admire someone with a really good scam
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-10-19 11:26  

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