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A Republican who unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Maxine Waters, D-L. a., for her seat in November 2020 is trying to get virtually $100,000 from your veteran politician and her committee for attorneys’ fees and fees related to his libel and slander lawsuit from her that was reinstated on attractiveness. Plaintiff Joe E. Collins III alleged the 85-