Maxine Waters (D-CA) going the way of Charlie Rangel, will face trial on ethics charges
theblogprof
7/31/2010
Maxine Water is an enemy of government reform:
…[Rep. Waters’ violations are] so far over the top that even the Democrat-controlled House has no choice but to bring her up on charges. From The Hill via memeorandum: Rep. Waters chooses trial rather than accept ethics charges, reports say
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has chosen to face a trial on ethics charges, several news outlets reported Friday night.
This compounds House Democrats’ troubles because it means that two lawmakers from the caucus, both of whom are also members of the Congressional Black Caucus, could face back-to-back public ethics trials immediately before the midterm elections.
…Waters is accused of helping facilitate $12 million in Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for OneUnited Bank, of which her husband was a director and stockholder. OneUnited Bank executives had also contributed to Waters’ campaigns.
The woman, in short, is a disaster and a menace to freedom and liberty. More from MSNBC via Story Balloon:
A House ethics subcommittee says Waters, 71, improperly intervened in 2008 with federal regulators to help get bailout funds for a bank that her husband owned stock in and on whose board he once served, said NBC and other media reports. Waters also once held stock in the bank.
Formal charges are not expected to be announced until next week, according to several congressional officials who spoke to The New York Times on condition of anonymity because the proceedings remained confidential. Details of the specific accusations of wrongdoing were not available Friday evening, the Times said.
More from Sweetness & Light, Sister Toldjah, JammieWearingFool, Hot Air, Hugh Hewitt, Right Wing News andWeasel Zippers. Waters, as it turns out, during her tenure attacked anyone who wanted to put the clamps on Fannie and Freddie, leading to the meltdown of the housing market. Here’s a vid showing Waters and other Democrats attacking the Freddie Mac regulator: (Maxine Waters blows a gasket)
Theblogprof has more links to several articles and juicy video of the mindbending corruptocrat, Maxine Waters.
Update: Michelle Malkin has the Maxine Waters/OneUnited Bank refresher course.