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FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong> Rep. Cori Bush’s campaign funneled thousands of dollars to her new husband for private security services in recent months, records reviewed by Fox News Digital show.<\/p>\n

The Missouri Democrat’s committee pushed\u00a0$12,500\u00a0to her spouse, Cortney Merritts, between January and the end of March, according to her campaign’s newly released filings. During this time, the\u00a0‘Squad’ member<\/a>\u00a0also moved\u00a0$26,000 to the St. Louis-based PEACE Security, which hires several “security operators” with military or law enforcement experience, despite her opposition to them, their website states.<\/p>\n

Bush has been among Congress’ top spenders on private security, which she said she needs because there have been attempts on her life. Since 2019, she’s dropped more than a half million dollars into the personal detail, which primarily has gone to PEACE Security.<\/p>\n

CORI BUSH’S CAMPAIGN TOPS HALF MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS PRIVATE SECURITY AFTER CALLING TO DEFUND POLICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Bush and Merritts, meanwhile, tied the knot in February of this year. When her office confirmed their marriage, they said they had been together before she took office in 2021 – more than a year before she added him to her campaign’s payroll in January 2022. Last year, he collected $50,000 from her committee while it simultaneously paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a private security firm.<\/p>\n

And despite the security payments, Merritts did not have a private security license as of late February,\u00a0Fox News Digital reported<\/a>. Individuals must have a permit to perform security functions in St. Louis and its neighboring St. Louis County, which encompasses Bush’s entire congressional district.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Merritts also did not appear in a Washington, D.C. database of licensed security professionals. Bush’s campaign did not respond to several prior emails on the matter.<\/p>\n

‘SQUAD’ REP CORI BUSH HIT WITH FEC COMPLAINT OVER PRIVATE SECURITY PAYMENTS TO HUSBAND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Bush’s security payments became a point of contention after\u00a0Fox News Digital first reported on them<\/a>\u00a0in July 2021, prompting CBS News to question her about the cash and whether hiring security was hypocritical while she advocated defunding the police.<\/p>\n

“They would rather I die?” Bush asked. “You would rather me die? Is that what you want to see? You want to see me die? You know, because that could be the alternative.”<\/p>\n

The\u00a0progressive lawmaker<\/a>\u00a0said she would ensure she has security because she has had attempts on her life and has “too much work to do.”<\/p>\n

“So suck it up, and defunding the police has to happen,” she added.<\/p>\n

St. Louis’ KMOV4 later discovered that Bush had hired two sheriff’s deputies, Tylance Jackson and Maurice Thompson, as part of her security.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The discovery led to the termination of Jackson and Thompson, who had failed to get approval for the side gig,\u00a0St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts<\/a>\u00a0said at the time.<\/p>\n

Bush’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on her husband’s new payments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cori-bushs-campaign-paid-thousands-husband-personal-security-services-recent-months <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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