Report: Dem Maxine Waters Funnels Tens of Thousands in Campaign Funds to Daughter’s Business

Democratic Rep. MaxineWaters (Calif.), who paid her daughter almost $200,000 through campaign funds in the 2022 cycle, added to a decade-long million-dollar relationship between the mother-daughter.

Karen Waters received over $1.2 million in ad services from her mother and other California Democrats campaigns during the last 20 years. According Fox News. Waters, the younger, owns a business called slate mailers that promote a list candidates for various offices.

Waters is no stranger to questionable money deals. Sam Bankman-Fried was a Democratic megadonor who gave at least $40million to Democratic groups and legislators in the 2022 cycle. She has long stood by Waters. She was elated at Bankman-Fried’s innocence in the money laundering and financial fraud charges. “candid” The downfall of crypto-exchange FTX.

Many prominent Democrats have donated to the Waters operation. Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States, paid thousands of dollars in campaign money between 2010 and 2016 for her appearance on the slate mailings. Gov. Gavin Newsom has also Paid Waters exceeding $40,000.

This practice isn’t common at the national level, and critics claim it suggests corruption. Fox News reported:

This practice is extremely rare at the federal level and Waters seems to be the only national politician to use it to get committee cash. Slate mailers are however common in California, where Waters resides. However, critics claim it involves deceptive practices that involve one campaign paying another for the support of a politician in an election.