Maxine Waters

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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