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.
An FEC complaint was filed against the campaign team for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (center) on Wednesday, asking the commission to investigate whether she illegally funneled money to her boyfriend Riley Roberts (circled) during her 2018 run for office
The complaint was filed by the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, a conservative non-profit
Payment's made to Cortez's boyfriend from a group working with her campaign were unveiled by GOP political consultant Luke Thompson on February 20
'Why would Chakrabarti, a founding engineer at Stripe and a wealthy veteran of Silicon Valley, be hiring a no-name “UX Experience” guy with little discernible marketing experience to serve as Brand New Congress PAC’s sole marketing consultant?' Thompson asked.
'The answer seems to be that Chakrabarti was funneling money paid to him by AOC’s campaign back to Roberts and by extension to AOC... If the payments from the PAC to her boyfriend were meant to keep her campaign afloat, they were $1,000 over the legal limit for PAC donations in a calendar year.'
CRF attorneys filed their FEC complaint after Thompson's revelation began circulating in conservative circles.
'It’s not illegal for [Ocasio-Cortez] to pay her boyfriend, but it appears that they created some sort of scheme to avoid claiming the money [as a campaign expense],' CRF lawyer Dan Backer told Fox News.
Cortez has been a constant target for conservative operatives since the former bartender defeated a powerful incumbent in a Democratic primary race in June of 2018
'What exactly did he do for that money?'
BNC Communications Director Zeynab Day admitted on Wednesday that his firm did pay Roberts, saying he was hired based 'on his experience managing successful advertising and social media campaigns.'
'[Roberts] is a professional digital marketing and growth consultant who specializes in social media presence and subscriber engagement,' Day told Fox News.
Conservatives have been targeting Cortez non-stop since the former bartender, who has never held an elected office before, came out of nowhere to defeat longtime Democratic incumbent Joe Crowley in their primary race in June of 2018.
Thompson's Twitter account was recently restored after being suspended earlier this month not long after he revealed Cortez had given her boyfriend a congressional email account.
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
He tweeted: 'While you were having a nice Valentine's Day, @AOC decided to put her boyfriend on staff - drawing a salary on the taxpayer's dime. Nice to see her adapting to the swamp so quickly.'
Cortez later clarified that Roberts was not a paid member of her staff, saying he was given a congressional email so he could view her calendar.
Her chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti responded to Thompson on Twitter after Thompson questioned why Cortez's boyfriend was given a congressional email account since he wasn't a paid staffer
Ocasio-Cortez hit back and insisted her boyfriend was only given a congressional email so he can look at her calendar
She added took issue with Thompson implying she was breaking congressional rules and criticized reporters for running stories about his claims without verifying whether or not they are true.
'The conspiracy machine is in full effect & it’s been disappointing to watch professionals get duped + amplify unvetted Medium posts as truth, treating journalism like it’s a high school LiveJournal rumor mill or something,' she tweeted.
'No, I don’t shadily pay my boyfriend. Come on & VET.'
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