The security detail that Rep. Bush hired cost almost half a million dollars between 2020 and 2022. She came under fire for her
“Defund the Police” platform, which called for the destruction of police units in metropolitan areas around the country while also demanding security.
The New York Post reports that by February 2023, that amount had increased to about $627,000. According to the Daily Mail, the Department of Justice has asked
the House Sergeant at Arms to provide documents about the possible misappropriation of funds allocated by Congress for security-related initiatives.
More than three quarters of a million dollars had been spent by Rep. Bush on security line items for her office as of today.
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) also suffered a humiliating primary defeat a week before to Bush’s loss. Primary opponent George Latimer, who attacked Bowman for being anti-Israel and against the war in Gaza,
