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Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff illegally moved $885K in campaign contributions 'off the books,' FEC c

Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff illegally moved $885K in campaign contributions 'off the books,' FEC complaint alleges

Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff illegally moved $885K in campaign contributions '''off the books,''' FEC complaint alleges | Fox News


Looks like Ms Polly Perfect has an ethics problem in her office. And wasn't she railing against this very thing? Is this the good part of socialism we've heard so much about, transparency?

If she committed a crime, it should be investigated and she and anyone else guilty of the crime should pay the penalty. Nobody is above the law if they willfully and intentionally break it. What I read in the articles you linked and heard on the news this morning use the words "could" and "may" a lot. And I know next to nothing about the FEC rules so I actually look forward to learning something as this investigation evolves.

I wouldn't use the words of Hans von Spakovsky to make the argument, though. Perhaps you don't know who he is?

I never heard anyone say AOC was perfect. Perfect in what way?

Let's hear what the FEC says about this. I assume they are investigating as we speak?
 
What is the FEC for if not to investigate/enforce election related laws? Relying on legislators to enforce the laws is as goofy (and counter to the Constitution) as relying on the executive to allocate funding.

The thing is, the legislators CAN'T enforce election related laws. They don't have the power.

But they can investigate and apply punishment to one of their own House members.
 
She doesn't have an office ethics problem, she has an ethics problem. She's just as culpable as he is in this.

It would seem she got her boyfriend paid by funneling money into her PAC, which funneled money into the LLC, which paid AOC's boyfriend. At a time when she needed the money.
 
She’s developed. She’s a 29-year old Congressman.
By the liberal standard, however, she's only really been an adult for 3 years.
 
It sounds like we can't know for sure what when on until a full and thorough investigation is conducted into her, her boyfriend, her campaign staff, and her family to include any and all possible crimes committed during or prior to her running for Congress.

She will no doubt welcome that level of scrutiny as it is the only way to clear her name.

This is the new normal, right TDS Squad?!
 
Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff illegally moved $885K in campaign contributions 'off the books,' FEC complaint alleges
Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff illegally moved $885K in campaign contributions '''off the books,''' FEC complaint alleges | Fox News
Looks like Ms Polly Perfect has an ethics problem in her office. And wasn't she railing against this very thing? Is this the good part of socialism we've heard so much about, transparency?

I'm confused. What was illegal here? It says large financial transactions from PACs to LLCs are not (illegal?) but the intent of the transactions were? Why would one intend to do it illegally if it could be done in a lawful manner? I'm definitely not in favor of millionaires taking money out of PACs, but why would one even presume that she knew anything improper was taking place? Aren't candidates, by law, prohibited from directing how money from PACs is used or having any direct communication with them? So following that logic, Ocasio-Cortez would be guilty of a crime by simply knowing about these transactions, but it looks like there's no proof she had that knowledge, correct?

So why are all the replies about Ocasio-Cortez? Do you want to blame Bernie Sanders for the DNC being corrupt, too? That's the game - guilt by association. Palling around with terrorists.

Edit: Oh, I get it.

The complaint was drafted by the conservative, Virginia-based National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC). Ocasio-Cortez and Chakrabarti, according to the NLPC's complaint, appeared to have "orchestrated an extensive off-the-books operation to make hundreds of thousands of dollars of expenditures in support of multiple candidates for federal office."

The funds, the NLPC writes, were likely spent on campaign events for Ocasio-Cortez and other far-left Democratic candidates favored by Chakrabarti, who made his fortune in Silicon Valley and previously worked on Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. But no precise accounting for the expenses is available, and the complaint asks the FEC to conduct an investigation into the matter immediately.
 
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The thing is, the legislators CAN'T enforce election related laws. They don't have the power.

But they can investigate and apply punishment to one of their own House members.

That makes little sense to me. If they can't enforce (election) law violations then how can they investigate an punish those who allegedly have violated them? I'm growing tired of attempts to un-elect those that have been elected and even more so to treat violations of the law by those employed by the government as 'internal matters'. We seem to be accepting a "just us" system as a suitable replacement for the (criminal?) justice system for those employed by the government.
 
There's also the revelation that AOC's boyfriend was paid by her PAC or LLC, so she knows about this shell game.
Brand New Congress PAC payments to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's boyfriend Riley Roberts scrutinized - Washington Times

Yep. It was a circular deal.

That came out because the dude was listed on her Congressional website, though he shouldn’t have been on there. It unraveled his payments.

It seems this helped draw attention to her massive illegalities.
 
I'm confused. What was illegal here? It says large financial transactions from PACs to LLCs are not (illegal?) but the intent of the transactions were? Why would one intend to do it illegally if it could be done in a lawful manner? I'm definitely not in favor of millionaires taking money out of PACs, but why would one even presume that she knew anything improper was taking place? Aren't candidates, by law, prohibited from directing how money from PACs is used or having any direct communication with them? So following that logic, Ocasio-Cortez would be guilty of a crime by simply knowing about these transactions, but it looks like there's no proof she had that knowledge, correct?

So why are all the replies about Ocasio-Cortez? Do you want to blame Bernie Sanders for the DNC being corrupt, too? That's the game - guilt by association. Palling around with terrorists.

It says her Chief of Staff, did you not read it? But regardless, she came into her office swing for the fence on everything. She needs to run a cleaner office than the rest, because she has zero credibility right now. All she's accomplished is to demonstrate 1) she's a common socialist, and 2) she's as corrupt as the rest. But then there's the matter of her boyfriend getting paid too. The way the Left has fawned over her, maybe they'll wake up now.
 
Something is fundamentally wrong with a process (system?) which requires spending many millions simply to apply for a (2 year) job that pays less than half a million. In her district, as in many, whoever wins the party primary will win the general election. Any campaign money raised after winning the primary is then basically up for grabs - having little (if any) effect on the general election outcome.

How much would they spend to win power though? Its not about the paycheck, its about having power over other people. Getting rich at the same time is a bonus.
 
This is pretty funny. If you actually read the article and understand it, it's highly unlikely she even did anything wrong at all. But the headline got ya.

'complaint alleges' :lol:

Check the front page of Fox News, it's not even at the top anymore because it's fake news. You got duped, ya dupes.
 
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I'm confused. What was illegal here? It says large financial transactions from PACs to LLCs are not (illegal?) but the intent of the transactions were? Why would one intend to do it illegally if it could be done in a lawful manner? I'm definitely not in favor of millionaires taking money out of PACs, but why would one even presume that she knew anything improper was taking place? Aren't candidates, by law, prohibited from directing how money from PACs is used or having any direct communication with them? So following that logic, Ocasio-Cortez would be guilty of a crime by simply knowing about these transactions, but it looks like there's no proof she had that knowledge, correct?

So why are all the replies about Ocasio-Cortez? Do you want to blame Bernie Sanders for the DNC being corrupt, too? That's the game - guilt by association. Palling around with terrorists.

Edit: Oh, I get it.

It seems to me that sending campaign money to a PAC is very much having direct communications with them. How many 'middle men' are used in the process should make no difference. It seems that her campaign manager (legally?) wore two (or more) hats - he worked both for her campaign and for (her?) multiple PACs. That simply invites corruption, collusion and commingling of funds. If one can legally only donate $2K to "the AOC campaign" but that can be multiplied (indefinitely?) by writing a check to the AOC congressional campaign, AOC PAC #1, AOC PAC #2 and AOC PAC #3, all the while letting folks work (full-time?) for all of them, then there is no contribution limit, much less, any FEC accountability.
 
She’s developed. She’s a 29-year old Congressman.

She is the leader of the Democrat Party, “The Boss”. “The future”.

She helped kill Amazon bringing jobs and billion to NY.

She created the New Communist Deal.

All this in 60-days.
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Trump eliminated Obama’s legacy in 14-months. He’s decimated ISIS. NATO allies are ponying up. NK has stopped firing missiles over Japan. China is being brought to their knees. He’s got the economy roaring. The feckless, moronic Iran Deal has been scrapped. USMCA agreement. TPP trashed. Paris trashed.

Awesome :)

If only Obama was so incompetent, such an embarrassment... ROTFLOL.

She isn't developed. Her timing needs a lot of work.
 
How much would they spend to win power though? Its not about the paycheck, its about having power over other people. Getting rich at the same time is a bonus.

Absolutely, being able to direct billions of tax dollars to 'friends' that return the favor by making campaign contributions and/or hiring friends and relatives (of the congress critter) is a sweet deal for sure.
 
Yes she does need to get more sophisticated at breaking FEC law.

True. She needs a lawyer with a fake company to help her hide the money.
 
There were Russian hacking attempts before he made that sarcastic statement too. So what? Also Hillary says her server was never hacked.

So what? Ok, so what for this article, too.
 
This delineation does not make her above the law. Good grief.

It makes her guilty or innocent.

She was just joking. That's what Trump says when he gets snagged.
 
I don't agree with you about much.

But in this instance you may not agree... yet you cannot rebut, as you know deep down what I’ve written is true.

It must be a living hell being a Leftist who sees every day, the serious failures of their ideology, yet decide to follow failure right to the bitter end.

I was once a Leftist, but when confronted by the serious failures of the ideology, and seeing its dishonest, anti-Liberty platform... I left... The Left.
 
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From the OP's article:
Although large financial transfers from PACs to LLCs are not necessarily improper, the complaint argues that the goal of the "extensive" scheme was seemingly to illegally dodge detailed legal reporting requirements of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which are designed to track campaign expenditures.
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A separate explanation posted by Justice Democrats last year cast the arrangement as above-board. "The ONLY way to do work for multiple candidates legally at this scale is to create an LLC and act as a vendor," the group said.
 
She isn't developed. Her timing needs a lot of work.

She’s developed enough to be a leader of the Democrat Partei.

A Goebbels Inspired Media Propagandists (GIMP) darling.

Her timing is perfect.

I LOVE HER.

She’s like Denis Kucinich... the rare Leftist who is willing to vomit the ideology straight... so everyone can see what a sick, twisted perversion it is.
 
She’s developed enough to be a leader of the Democrat Partei.

A Goebbels Inspired Media Propagandists (GIMP) darling.

Her timing is perfect.

I LOVE HER.

She’s like Denis Kucinich... the rare Leftist who is willing to vomit the ideology straight... so everyone can see what a sick, twisted perversion it is.

She needs to wait until the gamblers destroy the economy again before pushing her new deal.
 
It sounds like we can't know for sure what when on until a full and thorough investigation is conducted into her, her boyfriend, her campaign staff, and her family to include any and all possible crimes committed during or prior to her running for Congress.

She will no doubt welcome that level of scrutiny as it is the only way to clear her name.

This is the new normal, right TDS Squad?!

After all, if she doesn't have anything to hide...
 
After all, if she doesn't have anything to hide...

I mean, if that's the standard, then we have to wonder why Trump is so worried about his investigations.

lol
 
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