Former ‘Squad’ Rep. Cori Bush’s husband indicted for allegedly pocketing $20K in PPP loans for ‘personal benefit and enjoyment’

Cortney Merritts, 46, was charged in a federal indictment Thursday with two counts of wire fraud related to allegedly fraudulent applications he filed with Small Business Administration in 2020 and 2021 that allowed him to collect  – and never repay – government funds from the pandemic-era Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection...