FEC Drops a $68K Hammer on Maxine Waters for Shady Campaign Cash Shenanigans

Progressive firebrand Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) just got her campaign’s knuckles rapped by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to the tune of $68,000 for playing fast and loose with campaign cash during her 2020 re-election romp. 

The FEC caught “Citizens for Waters” with their hands in the cookie jar, accusing them of “failing to accurately report receipts and disbursements” and “knowingly accepting excessive contributions” while tossing out “prohibited cash disbursements” like they were handing out candy at a gay pride parade.

Here’s the dirt: Waters’ campaign vacuumed up $19,000 in illegal contributions from seven big spenders between 2019 and 2020, blowing past the $2,800 individual donation limit like it was a speed bump. On top of that, they made four cash payouts, each over $100, totaling $7,000, that were straight-up against the rules. 

The FEC wasn’t having it, and now the campaign has to send its treasurer to what sounds like the world’s most boring detention: a “commission-sponsored training program for political committees.” Good luck staying awake through that one.

The campaign’s trying to play it cool, saying they’ve lawyered up and put “procedures” in place to keep their disbursements squeaky clean. Their attorney, Leilani Beaver, is out here calling the violations “errors” that were “not willful or purposeful.” Sure, Beav, sounds like someone just tripped over a calculator and accidentally broke federal law.

This ain’t Maxine’s first rodeo in the ethics hot seat. 

From January 2021 to December 2022, her campaign funneled over $1.2 million to her daughter for some sketchy “slate mailer operation” that’s about as common in modern elections as a flip phone. And back in 2010, the House Ethics Committee had her in their sights for allegedly pulling strings to help a bank tied to her husband. That case got tossed, but her chief of staff caught a formal slap on the wrist.

Maybe it's time for real justice and rule of law, as the kids like to say.

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