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Rep . Maxine Waters seeks dismissal of ethics case, alleges ethics committee misconduct

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters on Tuesday sought dismissal of House Ethics Committee allegations that she tried to obtain a federal bailout for a bank where her husband is an investor. Her lawyer said misconduct and partisanship in the committee made a fair ethics proceeding impossible.Waters' attorney Stanley Brand cited internal documents showing a close relationship between two former committee lawyers in the case and Republican committee members. Waters, a California Democrat, is a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee."Based on the facts of the case and the record of committee misconduct, the only remedy that vindicates the principals of the quasi-judicial functions of the committee is immediate dismissal with prejudice. No other remedy exists to cure this misconduct," Brand said.In a follow-up letter to the committee, Brand wrote, "This misconduct is of such a fundamentally improper level that it cannot be cured by reliance on any other device, including employme...

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    The House ethics trial of Rep. Maxine Waters was postponed Friday after investigators discovered an e-mail that could affect charges that she improperly tried to hel...

  2. Report: Rep . Maxine Waters Helped Steer Bailout Funds to Bank With Family Ties

    Rep. Maxine Waters , D-Calif., helped steered millions of dollars in bailout funds to a bank on whose board her husband served, the New York Times reported Thursday....

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