Republican group files FEC complaint alleging Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaign team illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her boyfriend through an allied PAC
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.
The screenshots from showed BNC - a group founded by progressive tech engineer Saikat Chakrabarti, Cortez's current chief of staff who previously served as her campaign chair - also made two payments to Cortez's boyfriend totaling $6,000 in August and September of 2017.
Cortez's team paid Brand New Congress LLC $6,191.32 in 2017 around the same time the group paid a total of $6,000 to her boyfriend, Riley Roberts (pictured), for marketing consulting
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