Maxine Waters Hit with Massive Fine Over Campaign Finance Violations

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The campaign committee for California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters' 2020 reelection campaign agreed to pay a $68,000 fine after a federal investigation found multiple violations of campaign finance laws.

Between 2019 and 2020, seven donors gave Citizens for Waters $19,000 in excessive contributions, which was significantly more than the $2,800 per person cap. The committee eventually returned the money, but not within the allotted period. The committee was also accused by the FEC of making four separate payments over $100, which is illegal under federal law, totaling $7,000 in illicit cash disbursements.

The committee is required to pay the fee, send its treasurer to FEC training within the next year, and provide documentation of participation. The campaign's attorney asserted that the mistakes were not "willful or purposeful.”

Following the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) conclusion of an investigation into several finance breaches from the 2020 election cycle, Fox News reported that Rep. Maxine Waters' campaign will pay a $68,000 civil fine and undergo remedial training.

It was discovered that Waters' campaign committee, Citizens for Waters, had collected contributions much above the allowed amount, neglected to accurately disclose its receipts and disbursements, and made four unlawful cash payments totaling $7,000, each of which exceeded the federal law's $100 cash distribution maximum. A signed agreement outlining the FEC's conclusions enables both parties to avoid going to court.

Waters' campaign agreed to pay the $68,000 fine and send its treasurer to a required FEC compliance course within a year as part of the resolution. According to the agreement, the campaign must also give the commission proof of the training.

Investigators discovered that seven people gave $19,000 to Citizens for Waters between 2019 and 2020, which was over the $2,800 per person cap. The campaign reimbursed the overages, but it did so outside the time span allowed by law.

Campaign lawyer Leilani Beaver said the infractions were inadvertent and that the committee had taken measures to guarantee future compliance, including bringing in independent legal counsel to advise the treasurer, in a letter filed with the FEC last year. Beaver stated that the mistakes were not deliberate or willful.

Since 1991, Waters, a well-known progressive who chairs the House Financial Services Committee's Democratic minority, has been under ethical examination on a regular basis. Her campaign paid her daughter, Karen Waters, more than $190,000 for managing a contentious "slate mailer" operation between 2021 and 2022, according to a 2023 Fox News Digital story. Throughout several election cycles, her daughter has received hundreds of thousands of dollars thanks to a long-standing agreement that included that effort.

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