Today, NLPC filed a Complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) violated federal election law in a transaction related to her so-called slate mailer during her last re-election campaign. The transaction was a payment to Waters’ campaign fund from the Democratic State Central Committee of California (DSCCC) in the amount […]
Tom Anderson
Shameless Menendez Set to Blow Off Melgen Repayment?
Senator Robert Menendez, D-N.J., is on a good luck streak. On April 26, the Senate Ethics Committee formally admonished Menendez, who had faced multiple bribery charges until the Justice Department dropped the case four months ago. The ethics panel had concluded that he “knowingly and repeatedly accepted gifts” from a Florida eye doctor, Salomon Melgen, […]
Pelosi Doubles Down on Cardenas Ethics Probe Subterfuge
When House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks, her colleagues listen. But should they? On Wednesday, May 16, Pelosi, D-Calif., reiterated her view that the House Ethics Committee should investigate fellow California Democrat Tony Cardenas in relation to an alleged sexual assault he committed against a female teen 11 years ago. The committee responded that it […]
Pelosi’s Insincere Call for Ethics Probe of Rep. Tony Cardenas
For California Congressman Tony Cardenas, what goes around may be coming around. A lawsuit filed on April 27 by an unnamed plaintiff in Los Angeles is accusing Cardenas, identified in the suit only as “John Doe,” of sexually molesting a teenaged girl back in 2007 when he was a member of the Los Angeles City […]