Thursday, March 15, 2018

Judge orders garnishment of wages from Bobby Rush, a Democratic congressman from Chicago

Rush, a former Black Panther, has a list of ethical failings, particularly nepotism, as you'll discover in his Wikipedia biography.

From the Chicago Sun-Times:
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush must give up 15 percent of his congressional salary to begin repaying more than $1 million he owes on a delinquent bank loan to his now-shuttered Englewood church, a judge in Chicago ordered Wednesday.

Cook County Circuit Judge Alexander White ordered the garnishment of more than $2,100 a month from the South Side Democrat’s $174,000 annual federal pay in what was another setback for the longtime congressman-turned-pastor who once promised that the house of worship he founded would help rebuild Englewood.

Though rare, it isn’t the first time a congressman’s wages have been garnished. In one case, in 2014, it happened to U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Missouri Democrat who owed more than $1.3 million from a loan for a carwash.

Rush was ordered last June to repay the loan made more than a dozen years ago to buy the limestone, Gothic-style building at 6430 S. Harvard Ave. for what became Beloved Community Church of God in Christ.

1 comment:

Levois said...

Yet, he's not ready to go. Time for him to retire although now it's possible they'll garnish his pension.