####bag 'Squad' Rep. Cori Bush hit with FEC complaint over private security payments to husband

[Kyle]

Bush's campaign paid her new husband $60K while pushing hundreds of thousands of dollars to another security firm

FIRST ON FOX: A government watchdog group is calling on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to investigate campaign payments by Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo, to her husband for private security services.

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) on Thursday sent a complaint to the FEC's acting general counsel, Lisa Stevenson, asking the commission to look into whether "Rep. Cori Bush and her campaign committee may have used campaign funds for personal use."

Bush's campaign paid her now-husband, Cortney Merritts, $60,000 for security in 2022 despite him not having a private security license, which is needed to conduct such services in the St. Louis region. While Merritts collected the payments, Bush's campaign also spent $225,281 with PEACE Security and $50,000 with an individual named Nathaniel Davis for personal protection.

'Squad' Rep. Cori Bush hit with FEC complaint over private security payments to husband

A watchdog group is asking the FEC to investigate Rep. Cori Bush's campaign security payments to her new husband as it paid large sums to another protection firm.

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[Hijinx]

She is the right flavor. This will not go any farther than Maxine Waters using her funds to pay her daughter.

 

[Clem72]

seems like this would be so easy to end-run. Don't employ your own kids/spouse. Employ someone connected to a different candidate/politcian, then have someone else employ your kid/spouse. If coordinated by someone higher up in the organization you don't even need to know the details. Could be part of the package. Hey, your hubbie need an extra $60k? Okay, he "works" for Rep so and so as a consultant in security. By the way, if anyone asks your own consultant in security, who you will pay $60k out of your campaign funds, is Mr. whodis.

 

[stgislander]

I wish I hadn't lost my shocked face.

 

[Hijinx]

seems like this would be so easy to end-run. Don't employ your own kids/spouse. Employ someone connected to a different candidate/politcian, then have someone else employ your kid/spouse. If coordinated by someone higher up in the organization you don't even need to know the details. Could be part of the package. Hey, your hubbie need an extra $60k? Okay, he "works" for Rep so and so as a consultant in security. By the way, if anyone asks your own consultant in security, who you will pay $60k out of your campaign funds, is Mr. whodis.

Why do that when you just hire them yourself and no one cares?
This isn't going anywhere.