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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

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Saikat Chakrabarti, the progressive firebrand's multimillionaire chief of staff, apparently violated campaign finance law by funneling nearly $1 million in contributions from political action committees Chakrabarti established to private companies that he also controlled, according to an explosive complaint filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and obtained by Fox News.

Amid the allegations, a former FEC commissioner late Monday suggested in an interview with The Daily Caller News Foundation that Ocasio-Cortez and her team could separately be facing major fines and potentially even jail time if they were knowingly and willfully violating the law by hiding their control of the Justice Democrats political action committee (PAC). Such an arrangement could have allowed Ocasio-Cortez's campaign to receive donations in excess of the normal limit, by pooling contributions to both the PAC and the campaign itself.

The FEC complaint asserts that Chakrabarti established two PACs, the Brand New Congress PAC and Justice Democrats PAC, and then systematically transfered more than $885,000 in contributions received by those PACs to the Brand New Campaign LLC and the Brand New Congress LLC -- companies that, unlike PACs, are exempt from reporting all of their significant expenditures. The PACs claimed the payments were for "strategic consulting."

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.
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?
 
“Purposefully underpaying staffers in order to avoid transparency is an old trick some of the most corrupt members of Congress have used time and again,” Anderson said.
Well looky here, no wonder she wanted to underpay her staff. Hmm...
 
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?

LOL, at least Trump is President of the USA. He affects our lives as such.

This Cortez dementia stuff is about a brown 28 year old girl who does not affect you. LOL

Trumpets, wild men on drugs.

bang bang, shoot em up Trumpies!
 
LOL, at least Trump is President of the USA. He affects our lives as such.

This Cortez dementia stuff is about a brown 28 year old girl who does not affect you. LOL

Trumpets, wild men on drugs.

bang bang, shoot em up Trumpies!

Cortez isn't above the law.
 
It appears that her staff was just trying to help keep some money out of politics. It's hard to hire only the best people these days.
 
If true, there will be a whole lot of explaining to do.
 
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?

She may have committed a crime. The House Dems should investigate her.
 
LOL, at least Trump is President of the USA. He affects our lives as such.

This Cortez dementia stuff is about a brown 28 year old girl who does not affect you. LOL

Trumpets, wild men on drugs.

bang bang, shoot em up Trumpies!

Please stay on subject...

She is an elected official who claims to be “The Boss”.

She is a very public and vocal member of Congress, one who has created and backed a retarded Communistic scheme supported by other Democrat retards, some of whom are seeking the Socialists of America Partei (SAP) Presidential nomination.

In fact, the DNC Chair has declared her “the future of the Democrat Party”.

Seems she is corrupt.

This is acceptable to you?

PS. What does her skin color have to do anything? Are you a race fixated racist?
 
It appears that her staff was just trying to help keep some money out of politics. It's hard to hire only the best people these days.

As it stands now, it seems Cortez is corrupt.

She also has a problem with her circular payments to her boyfriend. (Poor bastard).
 
Cortez isn't above the law.

It’s a 2-tier justice system. Elected Democrats are above the law.

Exhibit A.
Bill Clinton.

Exhibit B.
Hillary Clinton

Exhibit C
Eric Holder

Exhibit D
James Clapper

Exhibit E
Loretta Lynch

Exhibit F
Bruce Ohr

And so many more.

It’s great to be a corrupt Democrat in DC.
 
Please stay on subject...

She is an elected official who claims to be “The Boss”.

She is a very public and vocal member of Congress, one who has created and backed a retarded Communistic scheme supported by other Democrat retards, some of whom are seeking the Socialists of America Partei (SAP) Presidential nomination.

In fact, the DNC Chair has declared her “the future of the Democrat Party”.

Seems she is corrupt.

This is acceptable to you?

PS. What does her skin color have to do anything? Are you a race fixated racist?

bang bang, shoot em up!
 
Republican group files FEC complaint alleging Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaign team illegally fun

A conservative non-profit has filed a Federal Elections Commission complaint against Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, alleging the freshman congresswoman's campaign team illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her boyfriend through an allied political action committee.Lawyers for the Coolidge Reagan Foundation asked the FEC to review the matter on Wednesday after questions about AOC's campaign finance activities were raised earlier this month.
On February 20, GOP political consultant Luke Thompson unveiled screenshots of FEC records via his Medium page showing the congresswoman's campaign paid $6,191.32 to Brand New Congress LLC, a progressive PAC and consulting firm that hired Cortez's boyfriend, Riley Roberts, as a marketing consultant during the fall of 2017 not long after Cortez's campaign began.

AOC's campaign team accused of illegally funneling $6,000 to her boyfriend through an allied PAC | Daily Mail Online

Then there is this:

Two political action committees founded by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s top aide funneled over $1 million in political donations into two of his own private companies, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday.
The cash transfers from the PACs — overseen by Saikat Chakrabarti, the freshman socialist Democrat's chief of staff — run counter to her pledges to increase transparency and reduce the influence of "dark money" in politics.
Chakrabarti's companies appear to have been set up for the sole purpose of obscuring how the political donations were used.

Ocasio-Cortez chief of staff diverted $1M in campaign cash to his companies


Oooops....ah, ah, ah Alex....Busted!
 
As it stands now, it seems Cortez is corrupt.

She also has a problem with her circular payments to her boyfriend. (Poor bastard).

She, like many others in the past, will claim that she had no idea what happened to every dollar of campaign donations - that is why folks hire staff. It is easy to assert that, as "the boss", one must trust their staff to "handle the details". She did not personally hire (or pay) her boyfriend - he just happened to get a job for a PAC. What seems odd about her campaign is that it seemed to raise money for (give money to?) PACs rather than the PACs remaining separate from her campaign.
 
It’s a 2-tier justice system. Elected Democrats are above the law.

Exhibit A.
Bill Clinton.

Exhibit B.
Hillary Clinton

Exhibit C
Eric Holder

Exhibit D
James Clapper

Exhibit E
Loretta Lynch

Exhibit F
Bruce Ohr

And so many more.

It’s great to be a corrupt Democrat in DC.

The rules are for everybody else.
 
Cool, I get to play Trumpist in this thread.


So what? But Trump paying off porn stars with his lawyer's fake company.
 
Cool, I get to play Trumpist in this thread.


So what? But Trump paying off porn stars with his lawyer's fake company.

Let's see you could have gone with intellectual honesty in one hand, and dishonest BS in the other....you chose the other....Shocking....SMH.
 
Cortez isn't above the law.

That depends on whether she was deemed to be grossly negligent or merely extremely careless - does it not? Can you prove that she intended for her campaign staff to bend the FEC rules a bit?
 
Let's see you could have gone with intellectual honesty in one hand, and dishonest BS in the other....you chose the other....Shocking....SMH.

A Trumpist ranting about intellectual honesty is so hilarious that I might have a heart attack from uncontrollable laughter. Thanks.
 
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That depends on whether she was deemed to be grossly negligent or merely extremely careless - does it not? Can you prove that she intended for her campaign staff to bend the FEC rules a bit?

This delineation does not make her above the law. Good grief.

It makes her guilty or innocent.
 
She, like many others in the past, will claim that she had no idea what happened to every dollar of campaign donations - that is why folks hire staff. It is easy to assert that, as "the boss", one must trust their staff to "handle the details". She did not personally hire (or pay) her boyfriend - he just happened to get a job for a PAC. What seems odd about her campaign is that it seemed to raise money for (give money to?) PACs rather than the PACs remaining separate from her campaign.

ROTFLOL... the bolded.

Well, I think the FBI should start opening her anal cavity wide. She has phone records, emails, texts. I hope she doesn’t pull a Hillary and start destroying evidence.

She might be a prominent Democrat, but she’s not running for President, and she doesn’t seem to have the skills to lie and deceive like Hillary.

She’s more like Colonel Jessup... on steroids. Serious foot in mouth disease.

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This was an incredible display of total ignorance:
 
Cool, I get to play Trumpist in this thread.


So what? But Trump paying off porn stars with his lawyer's fake company.

You obviously missed it.

Your media obviously failed to educate you, and you failed to educate yourself.

So... let me try to provide you the education you were denied for more than 6-months:

Trump having a Non Disclosure Agreement is not a violation of the law. That’s not my opinion, but the opinion of the FEC Chairman who was running the FEC when the law was written. It’s understandable why, if you take the time to read the law.

Try it.

Former FEC Chairman: Trump Lawyer’s Hush Money Is Not a Campaign Contribution

Of course, this will likely never sink in through the skulls of Democrats. It is why so many remain Democrats.... Ignorance.
 
You obviously missed it.

Your media obviously failed to educate you, and you failed to educate yourself. So... let me try:

Trump having a Non Disclosure Agreement is not a violation of the law. That’s not my opinion, but the opinion of the FEC Chairman who was running the FEC when the law was written.

Former FEC Chairman: Trump Lawyer’s Hush Money Is Not a Campaign Contribution

Of course, this will likely never sink in through the skulls of Democrats. It is why so many remain Democrats.... Ignorance.

The rules are for little people now. That cuts both ways. All she needs to do is to say "fake news."
 
This delineation does not make her above the law. Good grief.

It makes her guilty or innocent.

If you are never charged with a crime and thus never tried in court then, of course, you will remain innocent. That is how the "just us" system works.
 
That depends on whether she was deemed to be grossly negligent or merely extremely careless - does it not? Can you prove that she intended for her campaign staff to bend the FEC rules a bit?

A deep dive into all her documents should provide a clear picture.

For her sake, I hope she doesn’t pull a Hillary and start eliminating evidence.

She doesn’t have the leadership of the FBI, nor DoJ thinking she will do them any favors.
 
If wrongdoing occurred, then those responsible should be punished. Now let’s see Trump-cultists/AOC Derangement Syndrome sufferers say the same about Trump’s glaring wrongdoings
 
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