Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) has continued payments to her husband for security services despite a Department of Justice investigation into the payments.
indicate Bush’s campaign paid her husband, Cortney Merritts, $15,000 this year and has paid him $135,000 since January 2022. Bush has maintained her innocence during the
“In accordance with all applicable laws and House rules, I retained my husband as part of my security team to provide security services because he has extensive experience in this area, and is able to provide the necessary services at or below a fair market rate,” she added. Merritts did not have a private security license in St. Louis as of February 2023 and hasn’t had one since 2012, Fox News
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