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A Republican who unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, for her seat in November 2020 is trying to get virtually $100,000 in the veteran politician and her committee for Lawyers’ fees and prices linked to his libel and slander lawsuit in opposition to her which was reinstated on appeal. Plaintiff Joe E. Collins III alleged