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CORRUPTION WATCH: Lavish (and questionable) spending revealed in Maxine Waters’ FEC filing

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Written by Heather Miller   
Friday, 04 August 2017 01:35

Bloomberg’s Anna Massoglia went digging through Rep. Maxine Waters’ latest FEC filing and — SURPRISE! — found lots of lavish and questionable spending:

Campaign finance thread: Made the mistake of randomly falling down the wormhole that is Congresswoman @MaxineWaters' quarterly FEC filing...

 

Like “$400+” on “meeting expenses” at place that just so happens to be a fancy restaurant:

Campaign finance thread: Made the mistake of randomly falling down the wormhole that is Congresswoman @MaxineWaters' quarterly FEC filing... pic.twitter.com/eV0VBo0dUx

Waters spent $400+ on a "meeting expense" to an "upscale chain" with "sophisticated decor, long wine list & classic steak & seafood menu" pic.twitter.com/kphZd0Pwo4

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And $5000 spent on one fundraiser event while only taking in $15,000 for the quarter:

Waters spent $400+ on a "meeting expense" to an "upscale chain" with "sophisticated decor, long wine list & classic steak & seafood menu" pic.twitter.com/kphZd0Pwo4

Waters' campaign spent nearly $5k at Del Friscos on one "Fundraiser Event"

She raised under $15k from individuals the *entire quarter* pic.twitter.com/SqynGP1pJG

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And so much for that “Donald Trump is awful for hiring his kids” line of attack:

Waters' campaign spent nearly $5k at Del Friscos on one "Fundraiser Event"

She raised under $15k from individuals the *entire quarter* pic.twitter.com/SqynGP1pJG

Q2 saw another $8,500 to Maxine Waters' daughter, who has racked up hundreds of thousands from her mother's campaign http://thebea.st/2r6bjLR pic.twitter.com/jF55ORQSyi

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This shouldn’t be surprising to anyone:

 

But now that she’s a “resistance leader,” will Dems even care?

 

https://thealtstandard.com/blog/2017/08/04/corruption-watch-lavish-and-questionable-spending-revealed-in-maxine-waters-fec-filing/

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