Yesterday we told you that the Biden’s DOJ was investigating a Democrat in Congress for misuse of government funds and had given a grand jury subpoena to the House Sergeant at Arms for obtaining documents.
Well to my surprise it happens to be squad member Cori Bush:
Squad progressive Rep. Cori Bush is under investigation by the Justice Department for allegedly misusing government funds meant for private security.
Punchbowl News first reported that DOJ is conducting the criminal probe into Bush.
On Monday, the Justice Department subpoenaed the House Sergeant at Arms for records related to the misuse of federal security money.
A watchdog has demanded the Federal Election Commission (FEC) investigate the $62,000 Rep. Cori Bush paid her now-husband as a security guard from her campaign account.
The nonpartisan Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) asked FEC acting general counsel Lisa Stevenson to look into whether Squad member and BLM activist Bush ‘used campaign funds for personal use.’
It was recently revealed that Bush, D-Mo., married Cortney Merritts in a private ceremony last month. Last year he was on the payroll of her re-election campaign.
‘It appears Rep. Bush’s campaign may have made payments for services that were unnecessary or above fair market value because of her personal relationship with the payee,’ FACT executive director Kendra Arnold said in the complaint.
‘If so, these payments would qualify as either impermissible payments to a family member or an impermissible gift.
While hiring family members is frowned upon, it is not illegal. It would only be illegal if push paid her now-spouse over ‘fair market value.’ Payments to family members must be for ‘bonafide services’ related to their official duties.
Many of these Democrats do this scheme where they get their spouse to work for the campaign in some way and then pay them a bunch of money. As long as they don’t overpay them I guess it’s legal but it seems highly unethical to me and should be illegal. We’ll see what comes of this accusation but I hope they nail her to the wall if it turns out this is true.