Maxine Waters Hit with FEC Complaint for Lucrative Campaign Operation That Pays Daughter

Karen Waters, Maxine's Daughter, has collected more than $750,000 for operating the slate mailers

Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) is the subject of a complaint filed to the Federal Election Commission for a campaign operation that has paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to her daughter, according to reports. Waters runs a slate mailer, or endorsement mailer, operation through Citizens for Waters, her campaign committee, and has done so for years. The operation has proved lucrative to both the campaign's coffers and to Karen Waters, Maxine's daughter. Karen has collected more than $750,000 in payments for running the operation. The slate mailers also pull in lucrative cash for the Waters campaign. In order to appear on the mailer, a politician must make a donation to the committee. The mailers are sent to more than 200,000 residents in South Central Los Angeles, where Waters holds considerable clout. A list of candidates "endorsed" by Waters appear on the mailer along with brief quotes. During the most recent election cycle, a handful of judicial candidates in California have combined to pay the campaign tens of thousands of dollars for a spot on the mailer.

Prominent California politicians have also paid to appear on the mailers in the past. Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris has twice paid to appear on the endorsement mailers and has paid out over $63,000 to the Waters campaign. The first time Harris appeared on the mailers was when she was serving as San Francisco district attorney and running for attorney general in the state. Harris again paid Waters during her U.S. Senate run in 2016 for a place on the mailers.

Gavin Newsom, the Democratic lieutenant governor of California, who is running for governor in the state, paid the Waters campaign $45,000 for his "share" of slate mailers in 2010 as he was running for his current position. Newsom paid $27,000 this election cycle. Sen. Barbara Boxer also paid the Waters campaign $5,000 in 2010 and an additional $27,000 this cycle.

The National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog, has now filed a complaint with the FEC alleging that Waters broke federal campaign finance law, Fox News reports. The complaint also lists the California Democratic State Central Committee and Sen. Kamala Harris alongside Waters.

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Scott Wallace Never Voted in District He’s Seeking to Represent Until He Voted for Himself

Pa. Dem candidate was for years registered in Maryland, where he also never voted in any municipal or odd-year elections

A Democratic candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania never voted in the district he is seeking to represent prior to voting for himself, despite claiming otherwise, and also has never voted in any municipal or odd-year elections while registered in another state, voting records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show.

Scott Wallace, a wealthy liberal philanthropist who is the grandson of former Vice President Henry Wallace, is attempting to gain a House seat for Democrats in Pennsylvania's first congressional district that is currently occupied by first-term Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick. Wallace is from Bucks County, Pa., which is located in Pennsylvania's first district. Bucks County was a part of Pennsylvania's former eighth congressional district, which recently became a part of Pennsylvania's first congressional district following redistricting in the state, making the district even more friendly to Democrats. Wallace spent years running his family's foundation, the Wallace Global Fund, which has disbursed millions of dollars to dozens of far-left organizations, alongside his wife from Maryland and South Africa, before moving back to the area to run for office.

Wallace was quoted saying he had cast a vote in Bucks County in 1978. "Until last year he was registered to vote in Maryland, though his voter card directed absentee ballots to be mailed to his home in Cape Town, South Africa, where he ran the family’s foundation, the Wallace Global Fund. Mr. Wallace said he last cast a vote in the congressional district he now seeks to represent in 1978," the Wall Street Journal wrote. However, Wallace never placed any past votes in Bucks County despite his claims to the Wall Street Journal. In fact, Wallace was not even registered to vote in the county until Dec. 31, 2017, according to his voting history records from the county obtained by the Free Beacon. Wallace's first vote appears to have been for himself in the Democratic primary on May 15, the records show. Wallace also never voted in any municipal or odd-year elections while he was registered in Maryland despite now seeking a local seat himself, records show. "Add another bag of trash to the dumpster fire that is Scott Wallace's campaign. It's only fitting that his first vote in Bucks County was for himself," said Chris Martin, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Scott Wallace's campaign did not respond to requests for comment on Wallace's voting history.

As Wallace was running his family's fund from Maryland and South Africa, the group disbursed millions to radical far-left organizations including those who promote the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel. Wallace additionally gave money to groups that advocate for taxing families for "irresponsible breeding" and financed legal representation for a number of Guantanamo Bay detainees "just after 9/11." While Wallace's fund handed out money to the radical groups, he has never given any funding to groups or organizations located in the area he is running, the Free Beacon previously reported.

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