Posted on 08/05/2025 9:55:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is under fire from the House Committee on Ethics for misrepresenting her fiancé, Riley Roberts, as both her “spouse” and “non-spouse” on official filings—allowing him to receive perks reserved exclusively for congressional spouses.
Last month, the Ethics Committee’s July 2025 report revealed that Ocasio-Cortez listed Roberts as her “spouse” on travel documents related to her controversial appearance at the 2021 Met Gala, despite not being legally married to him.
The same report highlighted that she failed to list him as a spouse on her required financial disclosures, which would have triggered mandatory reporting of Roberts’ financial assets.
“The Committee further notes that at the same time Representative Ocasio-Cortez was seeking to take advantage of exceptions to the Gift Rule only applicable to spouses and/or certain relatives, she was not disclosing Mr. Roberts’s financial interests,” the committee wrote.
One of the benefits Roberts received was a congressional spouse pin, giving him access to restricted areas of the Capitol.
The committee confirmed that Roberts had received the pin as early as 2019, shortly after Ocasio-Cortez was sworn in.
While Ocasio-Cortez’s attorney, David Mitrani, argued that Roberts was not legally a spouse and therefore exempt from financial disclosures, the committee found inconsistencies in Ocasio-Cortez’s filings and usage of the term “spouse” to bypass gift rules while shielding Roberts from financial transparency.
The committee also criticized Ocasio-Cortez’s acceptance of thousands of dollars in goods related to the Met Gala, including the now-infamous “Tax the Rich” dress and accompanying accessories.
She was later ordered to pay $2,700 to settle outstanding costs.
The report noted she has been cooperative during the investigation.
Anna Wintour personally invited Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts to the Met Gala, which the committee acknowledged while cautioning that such invitations raise questions under congressional gift regulations.
Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts have been engaged since April 2022 and have lived together since 2016.
Despite the controversy, Ocasio-Cortez continues to attract national attention and has even been floated as a possible challenger to Sen. Chuck Schumer in the 2026 New York Senate primary, and as a potential 2028 presidential contender.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) said he expects Ocasio-Cortez to challenge Schumer, stating, “Frankly, I’m looking forward to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez primarying him very soon.”
You’re the goofy one, but you don’t see it.
The military is obviously a special case with loads of government benefits. Personally, I’d pay our military better up front, without the extended post-service benefits. Then, I’d keep them out of wars.
Follow whatever stock market trades this guy makes.
What other reason could he possibly have for being with her. What man would put up with her belittling him and calling him a racist for her youtube fans.
So after all those posts you suddenly remove the military from your plan, how about all the other government jobs that involve similar lifestyles of a career of travel nationwide and globally, and even death pensions from being killed and that require family housing and extra consideration for food, and such?
By the way, the existing structure and reasons for it that have always existed, are not goofy, your silly newly created out of thin air fantasies are goofy.
Somehow or other there never seems to be a bump in the road when it comes to indicting conservatives and hauling them into court or off to the gulag.
Business has long had travel. There is a reason why many husbands and wives both choose to work. Lots of businessmen, in particular, have moved internationally and taken their families. In that situation, as with single employees, usually includes extensive and luxurious housing benefits. Business people also have long earned free air tix through their travel. Most dining allowances are also generous. No reason to pay someone more because they have a spouse. And as to death benefits and the like? They can opt to purchase extended benefits if they’d like. Often, a spouse will be covered by their own employment, so wouldn’t take advantage of that.
And most government employees are significantly overpaid for their talent and commitment anyway.
When you get some coherent plan put together then try to convert America to whatever is going on in your head, right now you aren’t really saying anything concrete or thought out.
We’ve mostly got what I describe. You’re the one who wants married workers to be be paid as if they were two people.
You made that up, and like I said, you don’t really say anything in detail, you finally dropped the military question because it is too clear and easy to discuss, but you ignore the similar examples.
You haven’t even said if your dream is to take away adapting to family and spouses, or if you just want the same marriage/family benefits for everyone.
So far you have indicated that you want the single guy treated the same as the married parent with kids being sent to live overseas and who is killed on duty, with his buddies who want to travel and room with him and collect a pension if he is killed taking the place of wife and kids, or is it that you want it all taken away, and everyone treated as single?
How many times to I have to write “equal pay for equal work” until you understand it?
Your simple minded feminist slogan doesn’t actually say anything, you don’t actually say anything.
PRETTY SURE COMMON LAW “MARRIAGES” HAVE BEEN DROPPED FOR YEARS.
One of the benefits Roberts received was a congressional spouse pin, giving him access to restricted areas of the Capitol.
It’s been a while since I worked for DoD — it was before “don’t ask, don’t tell” — as I recall if I had gotten married, my spouse would have had to pass a security clearance — less intense than the one I had. I don’t remember about roommates. I don’t know if the same policy is in effect.
Neither spouse nor roommate of a DoD civilian employee gets access to restricted areas.
I suppose if the spouse failed the clearance, the employee would be reassigned to unclassified work or expected to resign.
What’s friend/husband got to do with her primarying Schumer? Not that Schumer doesn’t neeed to be out.
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