Ocasio-Cortez Hit With Campaign Fraud Lawsuit

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A GOP group, the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, has sued Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for allegedly funneling campaign money to her boyfriend. Fox News reports:

A Republican group filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday alleging that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign may have illegally funneled thousands of dollars through an allied PAC to boyfriend Riley Roberts.

Members of the Washington, D.C.-based Coolidge Reagan Foundation allege in their complaint that when the Brand New Congress PAC (BNC) — a political arm of Brand New Congress LLC, a company that was hired by Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to run and support her campaign — paid Roberts for marketing services, it potentially ran afoul of campaign finance law.

“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],” Dan Backer, a D.C.-based attorney who filed the complaint on behalf of the foundation, told Fox News. “What exactly did he do for that money?”

It was first reported last week that the Brand New Congress PAC paid Roberts during the early days of the Ocasio-Cortez campaign. According to FEC records, the PAC made two payments to Roberts – one in August 2017 and one in September 2017 – both for $3,000.

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This is not the first time that leftist politicians have been sued for the very campaign finance laws that they want to make stricter still. Will the FEC do anything about it?

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Rodger Shull
Rodger Shull
5 years ago

GOOD and when she is UN-ELECTED in 2020 she will be BROKE and BANKRUPT, and that serves her right .

Jeff
Jeff
5 years ago

OCCASIONAL-KOTEX is a DEMON-RAT and NOTHING Will Happen to her! She needs to be booted from OFFICE!

Robert POWELL
Robert POWELL
5 years ago

i kind of agree with jeff, the demo communists have bastardized the law so bad that i do not think any demoncrap will ever get charged.

Gladys Randolph
Gladys Randolph
5 years ago

They seem to get away with anything, and yet go looking for something that’s not there to impeach President Trump. I don’t see how so many could be in the wrong at the same time. I remember when people had the courage and integrity to stand on right principles.

Don
Don
5 years ago

Unfortunately we don’t have a congress OR justice department that has any integrity or principles any more.

bouboulina
bouboulina
5 years ago

That evil little America-hater has finally has been outed & put in her place. Unbelievable hubris on the part of this wicked little nobody who’s been catapulted to the political heights by the totally un-American, evil new Demoncrap party. I’m sick of her nasty, goggle-eyed, sneering mug & vicious anti-American ranting.

Dan
Dan
5 years ago

Well as everything else goes in D.C., I will be SO surprised if something happens to her. All the politicians seem to be immune to the judicial system that WE are held to. I’m hoping someone in the W.H. reads this and decides this is one of those swamp things he wanted to clean out. PLEASE

zee
zee
5 years ago

> Senate ‘R’s Need to CALL OUT & Enforce
Article I, Section 05, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution
https://constitutingamerica.org/march-9-2011-article-1-section-5-clause-2-of-the-unite… Redarding FEC.

Diane Smith
Diane Smith
5 years ago

I hope this is one one of many lawsuits to keep Ocasio too busy to consider the made-up litigation schemes she and her cohorts are planning against our duly elected president and the American people who had good reason to vote him into office.

Don
Don
5 years ago

Another test of our government which will fail while they continue to waste taxpayer money creating distractions/deflections accusing Trump while they continue their corruption.

MillieK
MillieK
5 years ago

Why…Why…Why are the leftists not held accountable? WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ?? WHY ARE THEY TURNING A BLIND EYE TO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING???? Can we never get out from under the Obama influence??? All of this mess goes directly back to Obama and Clinton… they apparently are children of the Devil, himself. Real, true Americans must pray AND take action against all of this evil mess. —

elgavilansegoviano
elgavilansegoviano
5 years ago

The FEC better grow a pair and do something about it!!,…No wonder this Crooked Criminal Lefty Liberal DemocRATs get Filthy Rich as congress people!!,..

Gerry
Gerry
5 years ago

Keep investigating — I’m sure you will find more corruption. This POS female is clinton like evil.

Carolyn Goodin
Carolyn Goodin
5 years ago

It just proves that Democrats are corrupt. they come to Washington with little means and then suddenly become rich. Not saying Republicans don’t do this but it seems corruption, greed and personal gain is part and parcel to many Democrats. they preach austerity while raising our taxing at every opportunity, wanting us to be austere, but line their pockets thoroughly. TERM LIMITS and an exit audit of their finances while in office should be in place. Then you’d see who took what, who got rich by defrauding taxpayers, who hand was in whose pockets, and so on. We are living in the days where honesty and trustworthiness are no longer valued. DISGUSTING!

Mary
Mary
5 years ago

Is this the best the democrats can get into office. ???? They are definately going down hill.

Robert
Robert
5 years ago

How, and why, do Republicans keep electing faux conservatives? The ones that talk a good game, but when the chips are down, they fold like an empty suit?
Like everything else, some of them will talk a strong game concerning AOC, but nothing will happen.

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