Posted on 03/20/2025 4:21:36 PM PDT by CFW
Former left-wing congresswoman Cori Bush’s husband was charged on Thursday with defrauding the federal government to illegally collect tens of thousands of dollars in loans under COVID-era small business relief programs.
Cortney Merritts, who secretly married Bush in 2023, falsified details about his purported businesses in order to obtain more than $20,000 in loans from the Small Business Administration in 2020 and 2021 under the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, the Department of Justice said in a statement.
Bush represented St. Louis before suffering a primary loss last year that she blamed on the Jews. She was a member of the far-left "Squad" that includes Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.). She refused to call Hamas a terrorist group and was one of two House members to vote against a resolution to ban Hamas terrorists from entering the United States.
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Fictional Quote:
“Everybody was doing it, why am I being singled out?!”
Old FR threads:
“Cori Bush’s security guard husband is STILL being paid $5,000 per month by her campaign as the Justice Department investigates alleged ‘misuse’ of funds”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4232112/posts
“Squad member Cori Bush could face MULTIPLE charges for misusing $750,000 in campaign funds meant for security guards and payments to her husband are being closely scrutinized, says ethics watchdog who first filed ethics complaint”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4214643/posts
Fictional Quote:
“Everybody was doing it, why am I being singled out?!”
Those such as Cori Bush, and many other DEI hires or elected officials and politicians, think it is simply their turn at the trough. They aren’t intelligent enough to hide the corruption so they just do it in plain sight for all to see.
Much like Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyad, she assumes since “everyone does it” it is a given that she won’t be prosecuted. Their viewpoint is that “it is the way it has always been done. Why pick on me”.
“Much like Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyad”
That is a classic case right there. Doesn’t have two brain cells and gets away with all that corruption.
It’s like the guy that calls the cops because somebody stole their stash of grass.
Everybody was.
Da beaoch can’t be far behind.
No news here
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