The campaign of far-left California Rep. Maxine Waters is facing renewed scrutiny after agreeing to pay a $68,000 fine for a laundry list of federal election violations tied to her 2020 re-election bid. The penalty stems from an investigation by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that exposed a range of serious campaign finance abuses.

According to FEC documents, Waters’ campaign committee — Citizens for Waters — was found guilty of:

• Failing to accurately report campaign receipts and spending in 2020
• Knowingly accepting excessive contributions far beyond legal limits
• Making prohibited cash payments totaling $7,000

One particularly egregious violation included accepting $19,000 in improper contributions from just seven individuals — even though the federal limit per donor was only $2,800.

The committee only returned the excess funds after being caught — and even then, the FEC flagged the action as “untimely.” As part of the settlement, the campaign agreed to pay the fine and send its treasurer to a mandatory campaign finance training session.

This isn’t Waters’ first brush with campaign finance controversy. In 2023, a Fox News Digital exposé revealed Waters’ campaign had paid her daughter, Karen Waters, nearly $200,000 between 2021 and 2022 for operating a so-called “slate mailer” — a shady practice critics say is nothing more than a way to funnel campaign cash to family members. It’s a grift Waters has used for years.

While the FEC dropped an earlier case in 2018 related to illegal donations, this latest ruling underscores a disturbing pattern — one that points to either gross incompetence or outright corruption from one of Congress’s most vocal and senior Democrats.

But Waters isn’t just under fire for financial misconduct — her increasingly erratic behavior and inflammatory rhetoric continue to draw outrage.

At a recent anti-DOGE protest in Los Angeles, Waters launched into a bizarre tirade attacking First Lady Melania Trump, questioning her citizenship and even suggesting deportation, despite the fact that Melania has been a U.S. citizen since 2006.

“Maybe he [Trump] ought to first look at Melania,” Waters shouted from the stage, in a remark widely condemned as xenophobic and conspiratorial.

In another incident, the California congresswoman ranted against Elon Musk at a rally in Washington, D.C., bizarrely claiming that the Tesla and X CEO was somehow taking over national finances.

“Nobody elected your ass,” she screamed. “Nobody told you you could get all of our private information.”

The spectacle has only fueled growing calls for Waters — who has held her seat since 1991 — to retire or face ethics sanctions. Yet despite repeated violations and embarrassing outbursts, she continues to lead Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee — a position with significant influence over the banking industry and federal regulatory policy.

It’s a galling reality for Americans who expect accountability from elected officials — not corruption, nepotism, and unhinged conspiracy theories.