From the Washington Examiner by Alana Goodman: Two organizations linked to Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her outgoing senior aides are the subject of a Federal Election Commission investigation into alleged campaign finance violations, the Washington Examiner has learned. The FEC opened an official case on March 7 to examine complaints against Justice Democrats and […]
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NY Post: Feds Investigating AOC Campaign Finances
From the New York Post today by Mary Kay Linge and Jon Levine: The Feds are looking into possible campaign finance misdeeds by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff and lead rainmaker, who suddenly resigned Friday, federal sources told The Post. The inquiry centers on two political action committees founded by Saikat Chakrabarti, the top aide […]
Federal Election Commission is Investigating Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s PAC
From the Washington Examiner by Alana Goodman: The Federal Election Commission is examining financial discrepancies at a political action committee that was run by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after an outside watchdog group raised questions about the group’s spending activities. Justice Democrats PAC, a committee where Ocasio-Cortez served on the board until last summer, said in […]
Ocasio-Cortez’s Fundraising Tangle Included 527 Soft Money Operation
From the Washington Examiner, by Alana Goodman: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., sat on the board of a political action committee that operated the type of “soft money” group she wants to abolish through a constitutional amendment, according to federal records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. “Soft money” is cash that goes to an interest group […]
FEC Complaint Filed Against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for ‘Extensive Off-the-Books’ Campaign
National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) filed a formal Complaint today with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), her chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti, and several other individuals and groups who orchestrated an extensive operation to hide hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign spending during the 2018 campaign, in violation […]