U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said today he felt "vindicated" that a House panel's report, which charged California Democratic Rep. Comrade Maxine Waters with violating ethics rules, did not implicate him.
Too bad for Maxine, though. Oh, well, off to P'town...
The panel said Waters may have violated House rules by seeking a meeting between Treasury Department officials and representatives of a bank - Boston-based OneUnited - where she had a piece of the cheese and her husband was suckling. Frank said he turned over all his records and was interviewed by the ethics panel, but since he wasn't charged "obviously dey got nuttin' on me."
Well, nothing they could prove...
| Or nothing they were willing to prove. Congressman Frank wields a lot of power, and clearly isn't going to be rejected by his voters for being caught with a live boy...and a dead girl is unlikely, thank goodness. |
Identified in the ethics panel report as "Representative A," Frank, who had previously admitted meeting with Waters in published reports, told investigators Waters spoke to him about her husband's involement with OneUnited and her possible conflict of interest. Frank told Waters to "'keep your head down, Maxine'," according to the report, adding that he "would take care of the grease."
Yeah, that sounds legit...
Frank said today he worked to make sure that OneUnited would be eligible for the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program because he is an inveterate back-scratcher and OneUnited is the only such bank in Massachusetts. |