Federal election record show that since 2003, Maxine Waters campaign’s has paid Karen Waters over $1 million for services to her mother’s campaign.
The past election alone, she paid her daughter around $250,000.
“The daughter of the California Democrat organized slate-mailing operations to bolster her mother's re-election.
Slate-mailing is an uncommon practice in federal elections, where a consulting firm is hired to create a pamphlet of sorts that contains a list of candidates or policy measures, and advises voters how to cast their ballots.
Rep. Waters was reportedly the only federal politician to use a slate-mailer operation during the 2020 general election."
Karen Waters is not the only member of the family to receive campaign cash. A 2004 report by the Los Angeles Times found that other relatives received more than $1 million from the Waters campaign.