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Democrats Published October 17, 2022 12:05pm EDT

Top House Dems continue paying

family members thousands of dollars
using campaign funds
Maxine Waters pays daughter another $16K, adding to $1.2M in previous payments

By Cameron Cawthorne , Jessica Chasmar | Fox News

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FIRST ON FOX: Top House Democrats Maxine Waters and James Clyburn have continued
to shell out tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds to their family members ahead
of the November midterm elections.

The re-election campaign for Waters, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee
chairwoman, paid a total of $16,000 to the congresswoman's daughter in four separate
payments in July and September of this year.

Karen Waters, who has been organizing slate-mailing operations to bolster her mother's re-
since 2003, and her company, Progressive Connections, have received more than
$1.2 million from Waters’ campaign over the past nearly two decades.

A Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing this week by Citizens for Waters shows that
Karen Waters received a total of $16,000 from the committee this quarter for "slate mailer
management fees."

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., at a press conference at the construction site for the future terminus of the Metro D (Purple)
Line near the West Los Angeles VA Campus on Oct. 13, 2022, in Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty
Images)

MAXINE WATERS PAYS DAUGHTER ANOTHER $16,500 IN CAMPAIGN FUNDS, ADDING

TO $1.2 MILLION IN PREVIOUS PAYMENTS

Slate-mailing is an uncommon practice in federal elections when a consulting firm is hired ,

to create a pamphlet of sorts that contains a list of candidates or policy measures and
advises voters how to cast their ballots.

Waters, D-Calif., was reportedly the only federal politician to use a slate-mailer operation
during the 2020 general election.

Other members of the Waters family have also made off with donor cash over the course
of the congresswoman’s decades-long career. In 2004, the Los Angeles Times revealed
that the Waters campaign had shelled out more than $1 million to other family members
over the previous eight years.

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., attends a press conference announcing the Transportation Security Administration testing
technology designed to detect, track and identify drones around LAX on Aug. 25, 2022. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews
Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

TOP HOUSE DEM JAMES CLYBURN CONTINUES PAYING THOUSANDS TO FAMILY

MEMBERS

Clyburn, the House majority whip, also has a history of shelling out campaign money to his
family members. His re-election campaign paid $7,500 for "office rent" in August to a
company called 49 Magnolia Blossom LLC, according to FEC records .

According to South Carolina business records Walter A. Reed, who is married to Clyburn's
,

daughter, Jennifer Clyburn Reed, is the registered agent of the limited liability company.
LittleSis lists her as the co-owner of the property investment company.

Clyburn has paid nearly $80,000 in campaign funds to the company since March 2020.

Clyburn's grandson, Walter A.C. Reed, who is managing Clyburn's re-election campaign,
received five $3,500 payments between July and September, totaling $17,500, from
Friends of Jim Clyburn. Reed also received a $500 "travel stipend" in August and a $223.87
payment for "vehicle repair" in September from the campaign. He has now received over
$75,000 from the Clyburn campaign since last October.

Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks during a House committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 22, 2021.
(AP)

The South Carolina Democrat's campaign also distributed more than $20,000 in checks to
Angela Hannibal, another one of his daughters, for canvassing, truck rentals, catering and
voter outreach between April 2018 and October 2019, according to his committee's Election season is here! Get the latest race
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Angela's husband, Cecil, has also received money from the campaign, pocketing nearly
$70,000 for community and district outreach and travel reimbursements between 2010 Subscribe
and 2012.

Both Democrats and Republicans have paid relatives with campaign contributions over the
years. In 2020, OpenSecrets published a piece showing incumbent politicians in Congress
on both sides of the aisle lavishing their family members with campaign cash. While it is
legal for federal lawmakers to employ family members on campaigns, the practice is
generally frowned upon by ethics experts.

Waters' and Clyburn's campaigns did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's
requests for comment.

Fox News’ Caitlin McFall, Houston Keene and Joe Schoffstall contributed to this report.

Cameron Cawthorne is a politics editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to
Cameron.Cawthorne@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cam_cawthorne

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