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We'll hold today to ransom
'Til our quartz clock stop
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>Is Joe Biden a citizen of the United States?
"God save the Queen" to close out Congress never sat well.
Might be one of those EAM Loyalists (Elizabeth Alexandra May aka Elizabeth II) and the British East India Company still rules..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II
It's fine, it's all fine
Ethics, another Soros special gets some heat:
'Left-wing celebrity' Squad member accused of ethics violations: Cori Bush's secret marriage to security guard sparks watchdog to demand an FEC investigation
It was recently revealed that Bush, R-Mo., married Cortney Merritts in a private ceremony last month
Last year he was on the payroll of her re-election campaign
Hiring family members is only illegal if they are paid above 'fair market value' or are not paid for 'bona fide services'
March 2, 2023
A watchdog has demanded the Federal Election Commission (FEC) investigate the $62,000 Rep. Cori Bush paid her now-husband as a security guard from her campaign account.
The nonpartisan Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) asked FEC acting general counsel Lisa Stevenson to look into whether Squad member and BLM activist Bush 'used campaign funds for personal use.'
It was recently revealed that Bush, R-Mo., married Cortney Merritts in a private ceremony last month. Last year he was on the payroll of her re-election campaign.
'It appears Rep. Bush's campaign may have made payments for services that were unnecessary or above fair market value because of her personal relationship with the payee,' FACT executive director Kendra Arnold said in the complaint.
'If so, these payments would qualify as either impermissible payments to a family member or an impermissible gift.
While hiring family members is frowned upon, it is not illegal. It would only be illegal if push paid her now-spouse over 'fair market value.' Payments to family members must be for 'bonafide services' related to their official duties.
'Therefore, we request the FEC investigate whether Rep. Bush converted campaign funds for personal use by paying a salary that was not for bona fide services at fair market value,' FACT wrote. '
Ultimately, if one or more campaign laws are found to have been broken, we request the FEC hold the respondents accountable.'
Merritts was paid as Bush's security guard despite not having a license - which is required by the St. Louis Police Department, according to a Fox News report. Merritts was reportedly also not licensed for security in Washington, D.C.
Bush, 46, is back in the spotlight after in 2021 she took heat for spending $500,000 on private security despite her impassioned pleas to 'defund the police.'
'I'm going to make sure I have security because I know I have had attempts on my life and I have too much work to do,' the former Black Lives Matter activist told CBS News in August 2021. 'So, if I end up spending $200,000, if I spend … 10 more dollars on it, you know what? I get to be here to do the work.'
'So, suck it up,' she added, 'defunding the police has to happen. We need to defund the police and put that money into social safety nets because we're trying to save lives.'
Two St. Louis cops were then fired for moonlighting on her security team without getting permission from their superiors.
Bush's campaign paid Merritts 24 bi-weekly installments of $2,500 in 2022 for security services. It paid another $250,000 to PEACE Security, a St. Louis-based firm, and $50,000 to a Nathaniel Davis, according to FEC records.
'Any time a member of Congress puts someone with a close personal relationship on the campaign payroll, increased scrutiny is necessary to ensure the legal standard has been met, which in this case is that the payments were for 'bona fide services at a fair market value,'' Arnold said in a statement.
'Both the fact that reportedly Bush's husband isn't licensed to provide security services for which he was paid, and that she was simultaneously paying large amounts to another company for the same services raise red flags that warrant an investigation by the FEC,' she added.
Bush is not the first 'Squad' member to hire her husband - Rep. Ilhan Omar funneled $2.9 million to a consulting firm run by her husband in 2021, which amounted to 80 percent of the company's revenue.
Sauce: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11814389/ori-Bushs-secret-marriage-security-guard-sparks-watchdog-demand-FEC-investigation.html
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