Cori Bush faces second campaign finance complaint over paying husband for security

“Squad” Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), is currently facing a second ethics complaint regarding her campaign Paying She is now married to a security guard.

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust is an ethics watchdog. March 2, 2012 – Demanded The Federal Election Commission will investigate whether Bush has violated federal law. Paying Cortney Merritts, her husband, received $60,000 in campaign money in 2022. The Committee to Defeat President, a conservative super PAC is claiming that the congresswoman has violated multiple laws. “falsely reporting the purpose of the disbursements,” According To a Wednesday complaint

CORIBUSH FACES ETHICS COMPLAINT WHEN USING CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO PAY HUSBAND FEES FOR SECURITY SERVICES

“In typical Democrat fashion, ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush decided to pocket campaign contributions by paying her then-lover and now-husband for alleged work he is legally prohibited from doing,” Dan Backer is a Republican Campaign Finance Lawyer for the Committee to Defeat The President. Washington Examiner. “In the process, Bush violated the clear Federal Election Commission prohibitions on personal inurement and lawful use of funds.”

“Her criminal act — unlawful in both Washington, D.C., and her own district — isn’t just an FEC matter; the Department of Justice and the Office of Congressional Ethics should also investigate Bush’s utter disregard for the law. That’s why the Committee to Defeat the President not only filed a more in-depth FEC complaint, detailing her precise criminal violations, but also sent the details to the DOJ and OCE,” Backer added.

Bush began to bloom in February. Get married Merritts during a private ceremony of marriage. Merritts made campaign payments between January 2022-December 2022. According FEC filings

FACT and Committee to Defeat The President harp on the fact her husband does not possess a private safety license in St. Louis County. comprises Bush’s congressional district. Merritts received regular checks of $2,500 each. Bush’s campaign paid PEACE security, a St. Louis firm, $225,000 for personal safety, according to filings.

Her campaign has also helped to raise $137,000 “security services” Since 2020, Nathaniel Davis has been a friend to the congresswoman, who claimed to be an elfin 109 trillion-year old spiritual guru. Washington Free Beacon reported.

“It is highly unlikely Bush’s former lover and now husband, who is not licensed to provide security services and runs a moving company, provided $5,000 worth of security services for Bush every month throughout 2022, authentically bolstering the protection provided by the Capitol Police and the $225,000 of protection provided by PEACE Security (to say nothing of the otherwise unidentified Nathaniel Davis),” The complaint was filed by the Committee to Defeat Trump.

Merritts is also owner of Vetted Movers, a moving business. According His LinkedIn profile. He is believed to have signed for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

“I’m at the Capitol offering to help Kevin McCarthy move his s*** out of the Speaker’s office and back into his own,” Merritts is whose Twitter This is now private and was posted Jan.

His Twitter bio says: “Father and protector of two beautiful daughters. Army Vet. East St Louis born and raised. Black Lives Matter. Speak the truth, even when your voice shakes.”

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According to the FEC, Washington Examiner It “cannot comment on potential or pending enforcement matters.”

Bush’s campaign didn’t respond to a request for comment.