Cori Bush.Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Bush’s statement comes afterCNNreported that the DOJ subpoenaed House Sergeant at Arms William McFarland Monday for documents related to a corruption probe into the 47-year-old lawmaker.
Shortly after the report was published, Bush appeared on the Capitol steps, telling reporters: “I hold myself, my campaign and my position to the highest levels of integrity. I also believe in transparency which is why I can confirm that the Department of Justice is reviewing my campaign spending on security services. We are fully cooperating with this investigation.”
Cori Bush speaks at an event during her 2020 congressional campaign.Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images
The St. Louis Democrat added that, since before her 2021 swearing-in, she has endured “relentless threats to my physical safety and life.”
She continued: “In recent months, right-wing organizations have launched baseless complaints against me, peddling notions that I have misused campaign funds to pay for personal security services. That simply is not true.”
Bush also acknowledged that she had retained her now-husband — a security specialist and Army veteran — as part of her security team, saying he “has had extensive experience in this area and is able to provide the necessary services at or below the fair market rate.”
Then-congressional candidate Cori Bush leads a Black Lives Matter protest in University City, Mo., in June 2020.Michael B. Thomas/Getty
Bush, a member of the progressive House “Squad” along withAlexandria Ocasio-Cortezand others, became the first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress when she was elected in 2020.
A formernurse and minister, she rose to prominence during the street protests in Ferguson after policeshot and killed Michael Brown. Bush lived just six minutes from where Brown was killed.
source: people.com
