'Squad' Member Cori Bush Spending Campaign Cash on Husband Amid DOJ Investigation

It seems not even a criminal investigation can stop Rep. Cori Bush (D., Mo.) from spending campaign cash on her husband. Bush paid $15,000 to her husband, Cortney Merritts, during the first three months of 2024, a Federal Election Commission filing released Monday shows. Merritts is at the center of a Department of Justice investigation into Bush's spending on private security services: Her campaign has paid over $137,000 to Merritts for "security services," in regular $5,000 per month increments, starting in January 2022. Those payments came under heightened scrutiny after...