Bank of America Demands Immediate Payment of Cleaver Car Wash Loan

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Bank of America has asked a Jackson County judge to order Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, his wife and their company to immediately repay a 2002 loan they received to buy a car wash in the Kansas City suburb of Grandview.

The Kansas City Star reports the bank’s attorneys filed a motion Thursday saying the facts of the case are undisputed, so the lender should immediately recover $1.61 million in outstanding debt, late fees, interest and costs.

When Bank of America sued the Cleavers’ company in March, it said the congressman owed about $1.5 million. Thursday’s filing says that amount has grown by nearly $86,000 because payments still aren’t being made.

The Missouri Democrat’s congressional office says the motion is a personal business matter and another step in the legal process.