The campaign for Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has agreed to pay over $68,000 in fines over a litany of financial violations related to illegal donations.
As Slay News previously reported, Citizens for Waters, the congresswoman’s 2020 re-election campaign, was caught making false financial reports, “knowingly” taking excessive contributions, and distributing prohibited cash disbursements.
The charges were revealed in a settlement agreement with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
In addition to paying the fine, Waters’ campaign must send its treasurer, David Gould, to attend a training on campaign finance.
“Respondent shall submit evidence of the required registration and attendance at such event to the Commission,” the document said.
The Waters campaign accepted “excessive contributions from seven individuals totaling $19,000 that were not refunded, reattributed, or redesignated within the permissible timeframe,” the FEC found.
The campaign also “understated $262,391 in receipts and $256,164 in disbursements” and “made four prohibited cash disbursements that were each in excess of $100, totaling $7,000.”
The report from the FEC states:
“The Committee contends that it began using new software to prepare campaign statements immediately following the 2019-2020 cycle and has filed amendments to Further, the Committee contends that it has retained legal counsel to provide