Posted 1/30/2024, 8:25:52 PM
Rep. Bush faces ethics investigation over spouse's security role
- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., is under investigation for hiring her husband as part of her security team and paying him from campaign funds
- Bush says she has endured threats to her safety and needed security services, claims her husband provided them at or below market rate
- The Department of Justice, Federal Election Commission, and House Ethics Committee are investigating whether payments to her husband broke Congressional ethics rules
- The Office of Congressional Ethics previously dismissed a case after finding no evidence of wrongdoing
- The investigation comes amid heightened security concerns for lawmakers after the attack on Paul Pelosi and a rise in threats against members of Congress