Smedley_buzkill

Seems as though Ms Bush, (D-MO) paid her now husband some $60,000 for "security" when he is not licensed to provide security services. This in addition to some $500,000 more she paid to real licensed security people. Now that's one hell of a wedding present.

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/02/28/cori-bush-paying-her-now-husband-60000-for-security-just-turned-into-a-bona-fide-scandal-n709700?utm_source=rsmorningbriefing&utm_medi

pegw

Red State is 4ayed by Media Bias as far right wing with a mixed record of telling the t***h. I searched for "Cori Bush scandal"and just got one article by Faux News. So maybe this isn't true.

American Vet

i did research and found that pegw is not very bright. This has been confirmed on numerous occasions.

Big dog

Fact check confirmed !

Justice101

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/congresswoman-cori-bush-of-st-louis-marries-member-of-campaign-security-team/article_371b4df3-f882-52d8-a80a-90a8b61a0b4a.html

According to Federal E******n Commission filings, the “Cori Bush For Congress” campaign paid Merritts a total of $62,359 in 2022.

Most of the payments, 24 of them, were periodic payments of $2,500. In summer 2022, there also was $2,359 paid in four installments for expense reimbursements.

Any continued employment of Merritts by the campaign appears to be allowed by FEC rules, which state that “campaign funds may be used to make salary payments to members of the candidate’s family,” provided that the member provides a “bona fide service” and the payments “reflect the fair market value.”

Bush’s congressional office referred questions about Merritts’ continued employment to Bush’s campaign office. An email sent to the campaign office awaits a reply.

Merritts is not an employee of Peace Security, an eight-year-old firm in the Benton Park neighborhood that has received several hundred thousand dollars from Bush’s campaign.

Christopher Hill, head of Peace Security, said on Monday that Merritts is not an employee and has no financial relationship to his company.

In 18 months, from July 2021 through December 2022, Bush’s campaign has paid $305,433 to Peace Security for security services, FEC records show.

SO, WHAT WAS MERRITTS BEING PAID FOR EXACTLY? THAT IS THE CONTROVERSY.
FACT CHECK THIS SOURCE pegw