Maxine Waters Ethics Investigation Reportedly Tainted By Committee Staff

Ethics Committee Staff Reportedly Communicated In Secret With Republicans, Tainted Probes Into Democrats

The former staff director of the House Ethics Committee accused two top committee lawyers last year of secretly communicating with Republicans on the panel regarding the investigations of Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters and Charles Rangel, raising concerns over whether the long-running inquiries were compromised by key staffers, according to internal committee documents obtained by POLITICO.

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