{"id":9305,"date":"2025-06-16T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=9305"},"modified":"2025-06-16T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:00:56","slug":"waters-ordered-to-pay-massive-fine-for-violating-campaign-finance-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=9305","title":{"rendered":"Waters Ordered To Pay Massive Fine For Violating Campaign Finance Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The campaign of progressive California Rep. Maxine Waters has agreed to pay a $68,000 fine after an investigation revealed that it broke many election regulations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9306\" src=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/465063159_937312061762374_4971802148411072904_n-8-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/465063159_937312061762374_4971802148411072904_n-8-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/465063159_937312061762374_4971802148411072904_n-8.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Election Commission (FEC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maxine-waters-campaign-pay-68000-violating-campaign-finance-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> in a batch of documents that the longtime House lawmaker\u2019s 2020 campaign group, Citizens for Waters, violated many campaign finance regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The FEC accused Citizens for Waters of \u201cfailing to accurately report receipts and disbursements in calendar year 2020,\u201d \u201cknowingly accepting excessive contributions,\u201d and \u201cmaking prohibited cash disbursements,\u201d according to one document that appears to be a legally binding agreement that allows both parties to avoid court.<\/p>\n<p>Waters\u2019 committee agreed to pay the civil fine as well as \u201csend its treasurer to a Commission-sponsored training program for political committees within one year of the effective date of this Agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRespondent shall submit evidence of the required registration and attendance at such event to the Commission,\u201d the document said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the inquiry, Citizens for Waters took inappropriate campaign contributions from seven persons totaling $19,000 in 2019 and 2020, even though the maximum allowed individual contribution is $2,800.<\/p>\n<p>The committee offloaded those excessive donations, albeit in an \u201cuntimely\u201d fashion, the document said.<\/p>\n<p>Waters\u2019 campaign committee also \u201cmade four prohibited cash disbursements that were each in excess of $100, totaling $7,000,\u201d the FEC said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">\n<div id=\"263149222\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The campaign committee \u201ccontends that it retained legal counsel to provide advice and guidance to the treasurer and implemented procedures to ensure the disbursements comply with the requirements of the Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leilani Beaver, Citizens for Waters\u2019 attorney, wrote to the FEC last year, claiming that the campaign financing infractions were \u201cerrors\u201d that \u201cwere not willful or purposeful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Waters, the leading Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, has been in Congress since 1991.<\/p>\n<p>OpenSecrets was the first to report the fresh movements in the inquiry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The campaign of progressive California Rep. 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