Cleaver wants to clean up ethics probes
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s latest cause has nothing to do with Kansas City or even Missouri, and he knows it’s not going to win many points with some voters.
But here it is: Cleaver is calling for the dismissal of ethics charges against two prominent African-American members of Congress — Maxine Waters of California and Charlie Rangel of New York, both Democrats.
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Another is more explosive. An internal ethics document The Star obtained accused the same two staffers of making racist remarks. One staffer is quoted as saying that African-American prosecutors in Prince George’s County are “not as smart” as white prosecutors.
According to the report, the same staffer also once wondered how a “blond-haired, blue-eyed prosecutor” like herself could be expected to get a Washington jury to convict a defendant.
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