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August 2, 2010

Rep. Maxine Waters to Face Ethics Trial
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Congressional sources have revealed that Democratic Congresswoman Maxine
Waters of California will face an ethics trial later this year likely
related to allegations that she sought to help One United Bank receive
federal bailout funds at a time when her husband owned stock in the bank
and served on its board. One United Bank is one of the nation’s largest
minority-owned banks. Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel is also
facing an upcoming trial for thirteen alleged violations of House ethics
rules. Both Waters and Rangel are longtime members of the Congressional
Black Caucus. The caucus has long complained that the House ethics
process disproportionately targets African Americans in the chamber. The
Los Angeles Times reports that since its 2009 inception, the Office of
Congressional Ethics has investigated at least eight members of the
black caucus.



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