Maxine Waters to face trial for ethics violations

Maxine “we’ll nationalize the oil companies” Waters is the latest Democrat to face a trial by the House Ethics Committee– joining Charlie Rangel on the “swamp” list.

Yesterday a House Ethics sub-committee was set to unveil the charges against her, but she chose to move towards a trial instead of cutting a deal so the release of the charges has been delayed. The charges will probably be announced at some point next week.

Maxine Waters is a member of the Financial Services Committee– how she was able to hold onto her position on the committee while the investigation was underway is beyond me– and she has been accused of using her position on the committee to help a small bank, in which her husband is a shareholder, in an attempt to get federal aid by arranging a meeting between federal regulators and the bank, without ever disclosing that her husband was a shareholder and former board member.

The Congressional Black Caucus– of which both Maxine Waters and Charlie Rangel are members– has come out swinging against the Office of Congressional Ethics (this office decides which ethics complaints to bring to the Ethics Committee and which to drop), claiming that the office is ” unfairly and disproportionately” targeting them and has too much power; they have begun to work on legislation which would cut down their influence.

Isn’t that a typical response? Instead of bringing to justice the people who have wronged the American people, the Congressional Black Caucus yells racism and decides the answer to cutting down on ethics violations is to look into fewer allegations.