WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The ethics trial of Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., will be delayed because of the discovery of new evidence, the House ethics committee said Friday.
"The committee voted to recommit the matter regarding Rep. Maxine Waters to the investigative subcommittee due to matters discovered that may have had an effect on the investigative subcommittee's transmittal to the committee," Standards of Official Conduct Committee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and ranking Republican member Jo Bonner, R-Ala., said in a statement. "As a result, the adjudicatory subcommittee no longer has jurisdiction over this matter and the adjudicatory hearing previously scheduled for (Nov. 29, 2010) will not be held."