Retiring Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), who has in the past funneled campaign money to family members, paid thousands more from his campaign committee to his wife and ex-convict son, new filings reveal.
Rush's campaign has dished out regular monthly $600 checks for"accounting services," totaling $3,600, between April and September to his third wife Paulette Holloway Rush, a church minister. His campaign also paid his ex-convict son, Jeffrey Rush, $400 in September for"moving services," Federal Election Commission records show.
"Candidates and officeholders paying spouses for campaign work is legal, but a judgment call — it’s as obvious bait for bad press as taking a candidate salary, but candidates still do it," Dan Backer, a campaign finance lawyer, told the Washington Examiner. It remains unclear what specific accounting services Paulette Rush had performed for the congressman — whose campaign did not respond to a request for comment. It is also unclear what Jeffrey Rush's work entailed and why he was being paid for moving.
Bobby Rush was outed for paying four family members more than $100,000 during the 2016 election cycle. The recipients of these payments were Jeffrey Rush, his mother Cora Rush, his brother Marlon Rush, and his then-wife Carolyn Rush, who died in 2017, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
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