Posted on 03/05/2019 8:39:31 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
It looks like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the golden girl of the Democratic Party, might be in some serious trouble, according to a new report from The Daily Caller. According to the report, Ocasio-Cortez and her chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti appear to have been in control of Justice Democrats PAC from December 2017 through her primary campaign victory in June 2018. Justice Democrats PAC donated heavily to her campaign, and that support was crucial for her victory.
If the Federal Election Commission (FEC) finds that the New York Democrat’s campaign operated in affiliation with the PAC, which had raised more than $1.8 million before her June 2018 primary, it would open them up to “massive reporting violations, probably at least some illegal contribution violations exceeding the lawful limits,” former FEC commissioner Brad Smith said. Ocasio-Cortez never disclosed to the FEC that she and Chakrabarti, who served as her campaign chair, controlled the PAC while it was simultaneously supporting her primary campaign, and former FEC commissioners say the arrangement could lead to multiple campaign finance violations. The group backed 12 Democrats during the 2018 midterms, but Ocasio-Cortez was the only one of those to win her general election.
“If the facts as alleged are true, and a candidate had control over a PAC that was working to get that candidate elected, then that candidate is potentially in very big trouble and may have engaged in multiple violations of federal campaign finance law, including receiving excessive contributions,” former Republican FEC commissioner Hans von Spakovsky told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Brad Smith, a former FEC commissioner, says that if a complaint were to be filed, he thinks “it would trigger a serious investigation,” and potentially result in jail time for Ocasio-Cortez and Chakrabarti.
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I’m sure this opinion is valid on some planet, but his weak point is: This is Earth.
OAC...”I’m the BOSS” did NOT sit well with San F the QUEEN,ran nan!
Lock Her Up!!
Little snot box has pissed off quite a few in her own party what with her attention hog pushy ways. And her waaaay left push
Complete the holy trinity for us!
The elusive sporkweasel in the wild!
This maybe a way for the Democrats to get rid of her. She is causing them a huge problem with the normal slightly more right leaning Democrats. That is just slightly right of Castro.
EXACTLY !!
Damn, how much crime must a communists Democrat do before being indicted and jailed? What in the hell is wrong with Government other than the biggest bunch of criminals running America in the history of this Country. Republicans and Democrats, and all other parties.
Another right-wing fantasy that will go nowhere.
She just started, it's pretty awesome to see somebody pivot and start over at a not so young age, to throw their hat in the ring in a competitive job like that. UBER PROUD SISTER HERE :)
The ONLY way AOC will EVER get punished for her actions is if Nancy Pelosi sees her as a liability and wants to get rid of her, otherwise she isn’t going anywhere..just like with Omar, all for show. With AOC, not a peep about this in the commie press, I figured as much, they can do whatever they want and get away with it EVERY SINGLE TIME because they have D’s next to their names, that simple
Trump needs to pardon her to keep her out front of the Dems
Only if she becomes too much of a PITA for Pelosi to slap down.
Former FEC Chairman: Bartender AOC ‘Could Be Facing Jail Time’ for Possible Pilfering from the Till
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there fixed it real good.
Perhaps we all should do just that.
Shouldn’t that be tip jar? 8>)
$885M ain`t tips
She’s a Democrat and a protected minority.
But if they ever do arrest her, I hope it’s on TV.
She used to steal from the tip jar when she was a bartender, that was her practice. She views the campaign contributions as the tip jar. That was my point.
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