Here's the final committee report (issued Sep. 25, 2012) that found the committee did not have enough clear and convincing evidence to charge her with the worst of the violations. They ended up giving her a letter of reproval. Wouldn't be surprised if she ended up framing the letter and hanging it on her office wall, saying "I din du nuffin and this proves it."
From page 8 of 25 of the pdf: Accordingly, the Waters Committee has unanimously determined that there is not clear and convincing evidence that Representative Waters violated any House rule, law, regulation, or other applicable standard of conduct by her efforts to assist the NBA and other minority and community banks in the 2008 timeframe. However, after making its credibility determinations, the Waters Committee has concluded that sufficient evidence suggests that contrary to Representative Waters' instructions and without her knowledge, Representative Waters' COS [Chief of Staff] acted to assist OneUnited on two occasions after the COS knew or should have known that Representative Waters had a conflict of interest regarding OneUnited. Accordingly, the Waters Committee has issued a letter of reproval to Representative Waters' COS.
