Rollin’ in the dough
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, who recently suggested President Donald Trump should be “investigated” after he leaves office to “send a message across the world that we will not tolerate the undermining of our democracy in the way this president has done,” apparently sees nothing wrong with her daughter collecting nearly a quarter of a million dollars from her campaign over the 2019-2020 cycle.
Federal Election Commission data shows that Karen Waters received around $240,000 from the campaign. It’s similar to the amount she received during her mother’s 2018 campaign. A 2018 report said the younger Waters was paid for “slate mailer” services that she provided. A slate mailer, according to the Fair Political Practices Commission, is a mass mailing (more than 200 substantially similar pieces of mail sent in a calendar month) that supports or opposes a total of four or more candidates or ballot measures.
In 2004, the Los Angeles Times reported that Waters family members pocketed more than $1 million over eight years either from her campaigns or a business with a connection to the campaign. But Waters said she had no connection to the activities.
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