“Squad” Rep. Cori Bush , D-Mo., continues to pay her husband tens of thousands of dollars from her campaign despite a Justice Department probe into her alleged misuse of campaign funds.
Federal Election Commission records released on Monday showed that Bush’s campaign made two $2,500 payments to her husband, Cortney Merritts , every month of this year. That brings the total Bush’s campaign has now paid Merritts since January 2022 to $135,000.
Bush’s campaign has defended the payments to Merritts for his “security services” as legitimate.
“As a rank-and-file member of Congress I am not entitled to personal protection by the House, and instead have used campaign funds as permissible to retain security services,” Bush said, in a statement earlier this year.“In accordance with all applicable laws and House rules, I retained my husband as part of my security team to provide […]
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