Ocasio-Cortez And Her Chief Of Staff ‘Could Be Facing Jail Time’ If Their Control Over PAC (T)

dailycaller.com ^ | 3/4/2019 | Andrew Kerr

[rktman]

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Ocasio-Cortez And Her Chief Of Staff ‘Could Be Facing Jail Time’ If Their Control Over PAC Was Intentionally Hidden, Former FEC Commissioner Says

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti obtained majority control of Justice Democrats PAC in December 2017, according to archived copies of the group’s website, and the two appear to retain their control of the group, according to corporate filings obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. 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.

[rktman]

Coulda, shoulda, woulda--------- Show of hands that this will EVER get any traction because, well, Trump Hotel in Moscow negotiations/jerrky nadless.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Wont happen, she’s a Communist Democrat, the commie media wont even report on it, like it never happened..remember, Dems are exempt from playing by the rules

[Lurkinanloomin]

Pfffftt.

Like anyone would prosecute.

[Flaming Conservative]

Ridiculous! Only people like Dinesh D’Souza go to jail for election fraud!

[rktman]

LOL! Like has been said before, no prosecuter would take a prosecution with such lame info.

[adorno]

Show of hands that this will EVER get any traction because, well, Trump Hotel in Moscow negotiations/jerrky nadless.

I got my hand half-way up, because, AOC is becoming a bit insufferable, and even many in her party are tiring of her attempted control of the message and is even scolding people with more seniority about their votes on bills. I'm beginning to think that many of her fellow congresspeople would prefer for her t0 be, GONE!

[Liz]

AOC’s chief of staff ran $1M slush fund by diverting campaign cash to his own companies
Washington Examiner ^ | March 4, 2019 | Alana Goodman / FR Posted by billorites

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. The truth about democratic socialism Watch Full Screen to Skip Ads

The arrangement skirted reporting requirements and may have violated the $5,000 limit on contributions from federal PACs to candidates, according to the complaint filed by the National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog group.

Campaign finance attorneys described the arrangement as “really weird” and an indication "there’s something amiss." They said there was no way of telling where the political donations went — meaning they could have been pocketed or used by the company to pay for off-the-books campaign operations.---SNIP---rest on FR.

[FLAMING DEATH]

"I'm beginning to think that many of her fellow congresspeople would prefer for her t0 be, GONE!"

This.

Establishment Dem? No way, no how.

Upstart thorn in Nancy's side?

[Dutch Boy]

The only way she is in trouble is if Pelosi wants her taken down. Otherwise, she has a permanent get out of jail free card.

[LouAvul]

What a joke. These people are teflon. No consequences. For anything. All the way from the klintons to O’dummy..

[SaveFerris]

Yeah, the Democrats might sacrifice one.

Either way, she’s a disaster for the Democrats.

And I’m low on popcorn supplies.

[rktman]

Yeah, but I still hold out hope that ‘somewhere over the rainbow..............’

[Liz]

Oh, wait.....AOC's COS Chakrabarti is a tech wiz.
(A) He co-founded a web design tool, and then (B) built up the product team at the payment processor Stripe.........
then (C) came to the Sanders campaign after (cough) growing disillusioned with the tech world.

So Chakrabarti's tech skills musta come in handy when donations to Bernie were wire-transferred to the DNC
and ended up in Hillary's account. Debbie W/S headed the DNC at the time and was ousted b/c of her bias for Hillary.

<><> Chakrabarti did find out about the tech theft, didnt he?

<><> Chakrabarti did speak to D/W/S about it, didnt he?

<><> Chakrabarti did tell Bernie about it, didnt he?

[HighSierra5]

I think that GreenPeace guy said it best.

[Geronimo]

She’s a very uppity girl who has made enemies with some of the powerful old guard on her side...she needs to stfu and hide in her office for a few months...

[blueunicorn6]

Oh oh.

Let’s see her do The Jailhouse Rock dance.

[sevlex]

Firing squad for Subcomandante Sandy-nista.

[Telepathic Intruder]

How did she piss off Hillary?

[BunnySlippers]

It was over a million dollars!!!!!