Maxine Waters helped set up a meeting in which the chief executive of a bank with financial ties to her family asked for special bailout funds, officials said.
Congresswoman With Ties To Bank Helped Seek Funds
By ERIC LIPTON and JIM RUTENBERG, New York Times
Thu, 03/12/2009 - 10:16am
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