.RepCori just married a man her campaign hired for security. Members of the GOP have raised ethical questions and some conservative watchdogs have been prompted to mull a complaint.
Hiring a family member to work for a campaign or as a contractor isn't a violation per se, provided the individual performed a bona fide service at fair market rates, ethics experts told the Washington Examiner. However, if her husband lacked qualifications for the job or was overcompensated, Bush could wind up under greater scrutiny.
Earlier this week, Bush's chief of staff Abbas Alawieh seemingly confirmed that her relationship with Merritts predated her tenure in the lower chamber and that he has become a fixture around her congressional office. "At this moment, there's really nothing questionable given the fact that these were clearly services, and he was making kind of the going rate for a bodyguard. There doesn't seem to be a there there," Danielle Caputo, legal counsel for Ethics at Campaign Legal Center, which specializes in campaign laws, said.
Kamenar noted that Bush was listed as spending thousands of dollars on other security services, raising the question of why Merritts was needed in the first place. Bush has shelled out at least $627,088 for security since 2019.
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