Bank Sues Congressman Cleaver For $1.5 Million

CREATED Apr. 6, 2012

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(AP ) -  Bank of America is suing Kansas City Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, his wife and their Kansas City company for more than $1.5 million the bank says is owed from a loan in 2002.

The suit filed in Jackson County names the Democratic lawmaker, his wife and Cleaver Co..

It says they failed to make payments on more than $1.3 million for a car wash in suburban Grandview.

Calls to Cleaver's office were not immediately returned.