This time, it’s Maxine Waters, who is alleged to have intervened on behalf of a bank that her husband had a significant interest in.
So, in the past 4 weeks, the Ethics Committee has made a substantive move against 2 Dems, though Rengel’s ethics problems have been ongoing for months.
I’m curious as to why this is all cropping up now, and I expect a 3rd shoe to drop.
I would note that in comparison to what the Republicans did, Rengel is alleged to have done favors to people who contributed to a building named after him, evaded taxes, and misused rent controlled apartments, while Waters is alleged to have intervened on behalf of a bank where her husband served as a board member (though it was also the only minority owned bank in Massachusetts) is pretty mild.
By comparison, with the Republicans, (rolling the Abramoff* Wiki) you had people paid to lobby for slave labor in the Marianas, cheating Indian tribes, taking money from the gambling business while also taking money from anti-gambling activists, and lobbying for the genocidal monsters in Sudan.
Come to think of it, Democratic corruption appears to be rather quite lame in comparison.
It is still reprehensible, but rather a lot like comparing a small snatch and grab with the Great Train Robbery.
Both crooks, but one of them has a bit of audacity.
*Full disclosure: I went to school with, and served in the student senate with, one of his associates who has faced legal repercussions, and my babysitter went to school with his daughter.