Payments made to Riley Roberts, the boyfriend of New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have spurred an FEC complaint filing from a Republican group.
The Coolidge Reagan Foundation filed the complaint alleging that the socialist Democrat may have illegally funneled thousands of dollars through an allied PAC to Roberts.
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Inquiries began when Roberts was reportedly listed as having an official congressional email account, something that violates House ethics rules. Ocasio-Cortez defended the decision to provide her boyfriend with the email account by saying he isn’t a paid staffer and that he simply needs access to her congressional calendar.
Further scrutiny revealed that Roberts had received payments for ‘marketing services’ through a PAC hired by the freshman congresswoman.
FOX: Coolidge Reagan Foundation files complaint with FEC alleging Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) campaign may have illegally funneled money to boyfriend through an allied PAC
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) February 28, 2019
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What the Complaint Says
According to the complaint, “Ocasio-Cortez converted official funds raised through contributions to her candidate committee to personal use by transferring a total of $6,191.32 from her campaign committee to Brand New Congress PAC in late August and September 2017, which contemporaneously had its affiliated LLC pay $6,000 to her boyfriend, Riley.”
The group contends that the payment potentially ran afoul of campaign finance law.
“On information and belief,” the group writes, “the true intent of the payment to Riley was to provide personal benefit to a boyfriend, rather than defray bona fide campaign expenses.”
“It’s not illegal for [Ocasio-Cortez] to pay her boyfriend, but it appears that they created some sort of scheme to avoid claiming the money [as a campaign expense],” an attorney who filed the complaint told Fox News. “What exactly did he do for that money?”
The Response
A spokesman for the PAC involved in the complaint claims all of the payments are legal, claiming Roberts was hired based “on his experience managing successful advertising and social media campaigns.”
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Last week, Ocasio-Cortez fired off a tweet denying any impropriety and alleging that “the conspiracy machine is in full effect.”
“No, I don’t shadily pay my boyfriend,” she wrote. “Come on & VET.”
With an FEC complaint now filed and ethics violations being alleged, it would appear that at least some people are indeed vetting Ocasio-Cortez’ actions.
This should be fun: Payments to @AOC‘s boyfriend spur FEC complaint from Republican group. https://t.co/ZmkBhPdvfg #MAGA #tcot
— Ned Ryun (@nedryun) February 27, 2019
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On Wednesday, the New York arm of the GOP also claimed they’d be filing a complaint.
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“Bet your bottom dollar when [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] uses a PAC supporting her campaign to pay her boyfriend the GOP is going to file an FEC complaint,” they wrote on Twitter. “She blows a lot of hot air, but is knee-deep in the muddy swamp.”
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I bet she stole money from the till as a bartender and gave her boyfriend a bunch of free drinks. With her big mouth and attituede, I bet she barely made enough money in tips to live.
Hang her high! Ship her body back to Puerto Rico.
This is quite newsworthy and not one mention of this FEC complaint on ABC, CBS or NBC! My goodness, the mainstream media could not possibly take a chance of appearing neutral, could they? The darling of the Democrat party has just stepped into a pile of doo doo!
I have said since this crazy was elected that she is trouble. she’s a blatant liar, she’s a hypocrite in the first
reader, and she has no idea what her postion is supposed to be. Who in the hell voted this bimbo into one of the highest offices in the land??
oH LEAVE HER ALONE SHE HAS TO HAVE SOME WAY TO BUY A GUY SHE CAN CALL BOYFRIEND
if Trump did pay the whore Stormy at least he paid out of his pocket .Not campaign contributions given by voters .That’s not hers to give away yet
AOC paid $6000 for her boy friend’s services?
Piker.
Trump paid Stormy Daniels $130,000.
She thinks she caught on fast, and maybe she did, but there’s a new sheriff in town so lets wait and see if he does anything.
Amazing how fast she is embracing the swamp of D.C. What is she paying her boyfriend for? Why does a boyfriend need any access to the government emails? He is just a boyfriend!
Hmm, it’s not too far fetched to imagine she’s paying her boyfriend for stud service.
Hers my take on Cortez
1.She is sneaky and devious and unless anyone is that blind then they don’t know what is next concerning her.
2.She is way too liberal and a constant trouble maker and makes even the GOP nervous too as well.
3.She isn’t fit enough to do her own job without poking her nose into things she has no clue about.
This was called “Theft” when I was a Bank Auditor.
No matter what crimes she commits nothing will happen just like all the other crooks. She is a dummy but has enough smarts to always be in the news.
And so it starts! $6000 is small potatoes but, “that was easy she says, how much should we go for next time??” hahahahahahaha
ill say it again her house boy will run away when the cash is gone
I have said before that just give Occasionally-Coherent enough rope and she will hang herself. She is definitely not the brightest bulb in the string.
AOC is a nutjob
Hmmm, the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and now it looks like the biggest mouth gets the investigation!!!! Didn’t take her long, did it?!
I’m amazed she has a boy friend…but then again….as long as there’s money in it for him…and he’s deaf….
Poor girl she’s confused she insists her mother still does her laundry.
SHE is the BOSS…..HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…!!!??????????
Now the RED-HOT COMMIE is PIZZED……HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA….!!!!
Of course AOC denies the allegations! But it looks pretty clear she did violate ethics. And remember when she said Pelosi was out and she was now the boss!
Now that Pelosi said she would not bring the New Green Deal to the floor for a vote because it is not evidence based!! Imagine that upset AOC to no end!!!
She’s about as smart as your typical demoncrap…
WOW!! Not even two months on the job and she is already being investigated – what an idiot. When they get done with her they should investigate Boston University for giving her a degree. Alessandra reminds me of Kelly Bundy – the part played by Christina Applegate – on Married With Children – when Kelly came running home all excited because she graduated she handed her diploma to Al and said ” see Daddy I did – I got my diploma – read it to m- – what does it say?”
Most of them are crooks before they are elected.
Typical politician, it usually only takes 3-4 months to turn them into crooks.
Bet yah, she DOESN’T know WHO Lincoln was either…….Her thinking: ” He was the 1st Pres of USA”…..HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA….!!!!
I think it’s pretty safe to bet she is not of this world! Also, she is dumb as dirt! She stated that the 3 branches of government are “the house, the senate and the presidency.” Good grief!
Are they also going to investigate to find out is she’s an earthling?
I bet she stole money from the till as a bartender and gave her boyfriend a bunch of free drinks. With her big mouth and attituede, I bet she barely made enough money in tips to live.
Hang her high! Ship her body back to Puerto Rico.
This is quite newsworthy and not one mention of this FEC complaint on ABC, CBS or NBC! My goodness, the mainstream media could not possibly take a chance of appearing neutral, could they? The darling of the Democrat party has just stepped into a pile of doo doo!
I have said since this crazy was elected that she is trouble. she’s a blatant liar, she’s a hypocrite in the first
reader, and she has no idea what her postion is supposed to be. Who in the hell voted this bimbo into one of the highest offices in the land??
oH LEAVE HER ALONE SHE HAS TO HAVE SOME WAY TO BUY A GUY SHE CAN CALL BOYFRIEND
AOC paid $6000 for her boy friend’s services?
Piker.
Trump paid Stormy Daniels $130,000.
if Trump did pay the whore Stormy at least he paid out of his pocket .Not campaign contributions given by voters .That’s not hers to give away yet
She thinks she caught on fast, and maybe she did, but there’s a new sheriff in town so lets wait and see if he does anything.
Amazing how fast she is embracing the swamp of D.C. What is she paying her boyfriend for? Why does a boyfriend need any access to the government emails? He is just a boyfriend!
Hmm, it’s not too far fetched to imagine she’s paying her boyfriend for stud service.
Hers my take on Cortez
1.She is sneaky and devious and unless anyone is that blind then they don’t know what is next concerning her.
2.She is way too liberal and a constant trouble maker and makes even the GOP nervous too as well.
3.She isn’t fit enough to do her own job without poking her nose into things she has no clue about.
This was called “Theft” when I was a Bank Auditor.
No matter what crimes she commits nothing will happen just like all the other crooks. She is a dummy but has enough smarts to always be in the news.
And so it starts! $6000 is small potatoes but, “that was easy she says, how much should we go for next time??” hahahahahahaha
ill say it again her house boy will run away when the cash is gone
I have said before that just give Occasionally-Coherent enough rope and she will hang herself. She is definitely not the brightest bulb in the string.
AOC is a nutjob
Hmmm, the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and now it looks like the biggest mouth gets the investigation!!!! Didn’t take her long, did it?!
I’m amazed she has a boy friend…but then again….as long as there’s money in it for him…and he’s deaf….
Poor girl she’s confused she insists her mother still does her laundry.
SHE is the BOSS…..HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…!!!??????????