Husband/Body Guard of Former ‘Squad’ Member Cori Bush Indicted for Covid Fraud

The room is getting a little warmer for former House Rep. from Missouri, Democrat Cori Bush, as her husband just got slapped with fraud charges. The Dept. of Justice indicted Cortney Merritts for allegedly lying on applications for Covid relief money. The feds claim that Merritts gave false information in order to get his hands on $21,000 from various programs meant to help businesses stay afloat during the shutdowns, as well money to compensate him for alleged economic injury. 

The money Merritts received came from the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program. The PPP was set up to give businesses what it called “forgivable” loans to keep meeting payroll during a time when (illegal) state and federal shut-down orders put businesses small and large out of commission during the pandemic. In reality, these weren’t loans, but direct grants that did not have to be repaid. Of the $793 billion given out, $760 billion was forgiven.