{"id":2441941,"date":"2025-06-02T17:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maxine-waters-campaign-owes-fec-68k-for-violating-finance-rules\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T17:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:08:51","slug":"maxine-waters-campaign-owes-fec-68k-for-violating-finance-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maxine-waters-campaign-owes-fec-68k-for-violating-finance-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxine Waters campaign owes FEC $68K for violating finance rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaxine-waters-campaign-owes-fec-68k-for-violating-finance-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2441941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh campaign of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has agreed to pay a fine of over $60,000 to resolve allegations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cohen-burying-stormy-daniels-story-was-all-about-the-campaign\/\" title=\"Cohen: Hiding Stormy Daniels Story Linked to ...\">violating election laws<\/a>, following a Federal Election Commission (FEC) inquiry. The investigation found that Waters&#8217; 2020 campaign committee, Citizens for Waters, failed to accurately report financial contributions and expenditures, accepted excessive contributions amounting to $19,000, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >made prohibited cash disbursements totaling <\/a>,000. To avoid a court battle, the campaign has acknowledged the errors, attributed them to limited resources during the pandemic, and has since corrected the financial misstatements. The treasurer of the committee is also required to attend a training program for political committees. This is not the first time Waters has faced scrutiny regarding her campaign finance practices, as she has previously dealt with ethics investigations in 2010 and a complaint in 2021 that was ultimately dismissed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rep. Maxine Waters campaign smacked with $68K fine for violating election laws<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2137619\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The campaign for Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maxine-waters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Maxine Waters<\/a> (D-CA) agreed to pay an over $60,000 fine to avoid going to court after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-election-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Federal Election Commission <\/a>investigation found the congresswoman&rsquo;s 2020 committee violated several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign-finance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">campaign finance<\/a> rules.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens for Waters and its treasurer, David Gould, are accused of &ldquo;failing to accurately report receipts and disbursements&rdquo; and &ldquo;knowingly accepting excessive contributions,&rdquo; per an FEC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/files\/legal\/murs\/8270\/8270_05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">report<\/a> released Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3428275\/ad-wars-over-trump-big-beautiful-bill-ramp-up-senate-mulls-megabill\/\">Ad wars over Trump&#8217;s &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217; ramp up as Senate mulls megabill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3427960\/scott-jennings-mocks-democratic-party-true-leaders-aoc-crockett-walz\/\">Scott Jennings mocks Democratic Party&#8217;s &#8216;true leaders&#8217; in AOC and Crockett topping Walz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3427486\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-2026-campaign-jabs\/\">Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;big, beautiful bill&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-spurs-early-2026-campaign-jabs\/\" title=\"Trump\u2019s \u2018big, beautiful bill\u2019 spurs early 2026 ... jabs\">spurs early 2026 campaign jabs<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The FEC found that Citizens for Waters understated both contributions and expenditures by hundreds of thousands of dollars, as well as accepted $19,000 worth of excessive contributions and made $7,000 worth of &ldquo;prohibited cash disbursements.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>By paying $68,000, the campaign will avoid a court battle. The treasurer is also required to go to a &ldquo;Commission-sponsored training program for political committees.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report states that the campaign committee &ldquo;does not deny the allegations.&rdquo; Campaign attorney Leilani Beaver told the FEC in a letter last year that the committee &ldquo;acknowledges errors were made which were not willful or purposeful,&rdquo; adding that the errors &ldquo;were primarily a result of limited staff availability and resources during the pandemic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The campaign amended its reports to correct any financial misstatements and &ldquo;refunded or disgorged&rdquo; all the excess contributions in a FEC audit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead, the Committee states that any errors it made were accidental, that the Committee has taken steps to both ameliorate the situation and prevent it from occurring again,&rdquo; the report adds.<\/p>\n<p>The FEC, a bipartisan panel, voted 4-0 on April 29, just days before the agency was temporarily shut down due to former Commissioner Allen Dickerson stepping down after his term expired.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3425729\/cherfilus-mccormick-house-rules-campaign-finance-laws-ethics-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SHEILA CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK MAY HAVE VIOLATED HOUSE RULES AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS, ETHICS PANEL SAYS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is not Waters&rsquo;s first time facing an ethics investigation into her finances. The House Ethics Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?p=1382060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">formally accused<\/a> the California Democrat of violating conflict of interest rules in 2010 by helping a bank connected to her husband receive government assistance. The charges were eventually dismissed but her chief of staff was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2012\/09\/report-details-waters-ethics-case-debacle-081665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reprimanded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the FEC dismissed a complaint from the National Legal and Policy Center that accused Citizens for Waters of accepting an illegal contribution during the congresswoman&rsquo;s 2018 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Waters for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2137619\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2137619\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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