“Waters’ husband has collected fees for opening doors with his wife’s political allies on behalf of a bond firm seeking government business,” The Times reported.
“Son Edward Waters has shared in the slate mailer proceeds and has occasionally worked as a consultant to campaigns his mother supported,” it said.
“They do their business and I do mine,” Waters, who was 66 at the time, said. “We are not bad people.”
Waters is not alone in ensuring her family receives a large payday. The Times reported the Waters family was just one of a growing trend among top politicians enriching their families through campaign funding.
Before her November elections, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar paid in excess of $1.7 million to E Street Group, a consulting firm that is owned by Omar’s current husband, Tim Mynett.
According to public reports, a complaint filed against Rep. Omar by the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) in August 2019 complained of Mynett’s travel expenses paid for by the campaign.
Mynett’s former wife, Beth, stated in a filing during their divorce that travel dates appeared to line up with trips he was taking to continue his affair with the also married representative.
