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Politico: 2 House ethics attorneys suspended
Dec 1, 2010
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By John Bresnahan
Two attorneys for the House ethics committee have been placed on indefinite “paid administrative leave” stemming from serious problems within the secretive panel.
Morgan Kim, the deputy chief counsel and the lead attorney on the case of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), is one o...
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The Hill: Ethics nixes lawyers ahead of Waters trial
Dec 1, 2010
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by Susan Crabtree
The House ethics committee has placed two of its attorneys on administrative leave following missteps in the case against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), according to a source familiar with the matter.
Cindy Morgan Kim, the deputy chief counsel and lead attorney on the Waters case...
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Talking Points Memo: Two House Ethics Lawyers Involved With Waters Case Suspended
Dec 1, 2010
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by Ryan J. Reilly
Two lawyers from the House ethics committee, including the chief prosecutor working on the case against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), were suspended last month on the same day the panel announced an indefinite delay in Waters' public trial.
Cindy Morgan Kim and Stacy Sovereign were ...
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Associated Press: Waters ethics case: No link yet to alleged confict
Nov 26, 2010
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by Larry Margasak
A recently discovered e-mail, which forced postponement of Rep. Maxine Waters' ethics trial, appears to bring the House ethics committee no closer to proving she tried to obtain a U.S. bailout — during the financial crisis — for a bank where her husband owns stock.
Waters, a Cali...
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Huffington Post: The Fatal Flaws In The Case Against Maxine Waters
Nov 24, 2010
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by David Fiderer
There's one thing missing from the ethics charges issued against Maxine Waters: Facts. Neither the Office of Congressional Ethics nor the House Committee on Standard of Official Conduct has ever alleged facts that show that show Waters or anyone on her staff ever violated any rul...
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HousingWire: What will it take for the media to care about the $2 trillion foreclosure crisis?
Nov 22, 2010
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by Steven Gillan
The week of Nov. 15-19 was a big week in Washington D.C. for troubled homeowners, housing counselors and anyone in the mortgage industry who cares about what is happening to real estate in this country — or it should have been.
The Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial ...
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Politico: Uncharted territory in Waters case
Nov 22, 2010
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By John Bresnahan
With the decision by the ethics committee to renew its investigation of Rep. Maxine Waters, after the panel has already charged her with three counts of violating House rules, the secretive panel is moving into unchartered and heavily disputed territory.
Several ethics exper...
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MarketWatch: Waters: Loan paperwork mess is 'systemic' issue
Nov 18, 2010
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By Ronald D. Orol
The head of a congressional housing committee on Thursday said the foreclosure paperwork mess has produced systemic and damaging consequences. "There is significant evidence to suggest that the speed-driven, corner cutting operations endemic in the mortgage servicing industry have...
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The Hill: Lawmakers challenge regulators on foreclosure documentation problems
Nov 18, 2010
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By Peter Schroeder
Both Republicans and Democrats pressed housing regulators on their inability to combat or prevent the mishandling of mortgage documentation amid foreclosure proceedings during a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing on Thursday.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) pressed...
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Wall Street Journal: Lawmakers Blast Regulators on Foreclosure Problems
Nov 18, 2010
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By ALAN ZIBEL
House lawmakers scolded federal regulators Thursday, expressing frustration that they failed to investigate problems with foreclosure documents until the issue attracted widespread attention this fall.
Both Democrats and Republicans criticized a panel of regulators at a House subco...
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