Maxine Waters's attorney calls to drop corruption case

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One day after a report threw further doubt on the House Ethics Committee’s handling of its investigation into Rep. Maxine Waters, the California Democrat’s legal team is calling for the panel to dismiss the case – and is threatening to sue if the panel proceeds with the matter.

In a letter sent Tuesday evening to House Ethics Committee Chairman Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) and the panel’s ranking Democrat, Rep. Linda Sanchez (Calif.), Waters’s attorneys Stanley Brand and Andrew Herman write that in light of Monday’s Politico report, “any further action by this Committee would be irredeemably tainted and without legal foundation.”

full: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/waterss-attorneys-call-for-dismissal-of-ethics-case-after-leaked-emails-reports-of-partisan-infighting/2011/07/19/gIQAbqceOI_blog.html

the letter: http://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2011/07/19/National-Politics/Graphics/110719163817_0001.pdf

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