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A Republican who unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Maxine Waters, D-L. a., for her seat in November 2020 is looking for nearly $100,000 with the veteran politician and her committee for Lawyers’ costs and prices relevant to his libel and slander lawsuit versus her which was reinstated on appeal. Plaintiff Joe E. Collins III alleged the eighty five-