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Cori Bush cleared on complaint about campaign employment of husband [1]
['Joe Holleman', 'Chris Kohley']
Date: 2024-01
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A complaint from a conservative group against U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis, was dismissed Wednesday by an oversight committee.
The Office of Congressional Ethics voted unanimously to dismiss the complaint filed March 3 by the Committee to Defeat the President, Bush’s campaign reported.
The complaint alleged that the Bush campaign’s employment of Cortney Merritts III violated federal election laws. Bush and Merritts married in February.
FEC rules do not contain a blanket prohibition on a candidate employing family members, provided they are being paid for “bona fide service” and paid “the fair market value.”
In a statement, Bush said the action by the ethics office was “welcome and long overdue.”
The committee that filed the complaint was formed in 2013 as the Stop Hillary PAC. Its web page states it is “committed to defeating the radical Left.”
Bush’s statement included a long criticism of the committee, saying in part: "The political attacks on my campaign are a clear example of how right-wing extremist groups will stop at nothing to malign those of us unapologetically working in service of our communities,” Bush said.
A second, similar complaint against Bush’s campaign still is pending. It was filed by the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, which bills itself as a nonpartisan watchdog group promoting “accountability, ethics and transparency.”
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