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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mountaineer on April 03, 2019, 01:47:08 pm

Title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit with FEC complaint for alleged 'subsidy scheme'
Post by: mountaineer on April 03, 2019, 01:47:08 pm
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit with FEC complaint for alleged 'subsidy scheme'
 By Andrew Keiper | Fox News
April 3, 2019
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EXCLUSIVE -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has been hit with another Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint, this one alleging she and her campaign manager operated a “subsidy scheme” that ran afoul of campaign finance laws.

The crux of the complaint, which was given exclusively to Fox News in advance of its filing Wednesday, accused Ocasio-Cortez and her campaign manager, Saikat Chakrabarti, of overseeing a "shadowy web" of political action committees (PACs) that allowed them to raise more cash than they could have legally. It also alleged that a limited liability company (LLC) was created to avoid federal expenditure requirements by offering Ocasio-Cortez and other Democratic candidates political consulting services at a price so low that the company apparently shut down before the election was even over.

The complaint named Ocasio-Cortez, Chakrabarti (now her chief of staff), the Justice Democrats PAC, the Brand New Congress PAC and Brand New Congress LLC as the overlapping entities that aimed to “subsidize cheap assistance for Ocasio-Cortez and other candidates at rates far below market value.”  ...
Full story at FOX (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-hit-with-fec-complaint-for-alleged-subsidy-scheme)


Title: Re: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit with FEC complaint for alleged 'subsidy scheme'
Post by: austingirl on April 03, 2019, 02:03:00 pm
The bartender didn't come up with this plan by herself, that's for sure.
Title: Re: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit with FEC complaint for alleged 'subsidy scheme'
Post by: mountaineer on April 03, 2019, 02:07:22 pm
Anyone else shocked? Her handler, Chakrabarti, sounds like a real peach. His name just keeps popping up.
Title: Re: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit with FEC complaint for alleged 'subsidy scheme'
Post by: mystery-ak on April 03, 2019, 02:28:15 pm
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit with FEC complaint for alleged 'subsidy scheme'
By Andrew Keiper | Fox News

EXCLUSIVE -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has been hit with another Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint, this one alleging she and her campaign manager operated a “subsidy scheme” that ran afoul of campaign finance laws.

The crux of the complaint, which was given exclusively to Fox News in advance of its filing Wednesday, accused Ocasio-Cortez and her campaign manager, Saikat Chakrabarti, of overseeing a "shadowy web" of political action committees (PACs) that allowed them to raise more cash than they could have legally. It also alleged that a limited liability company (LLC) was created to avoid federal expenditure requirements by offering Ocasio-Cortez and other Democratic candidates political consulting services at a price so low that the company apparently shut down before the election was even over.

The complaint named Ocasio-Cortez, Chakrabarti (now her chief of staff), the Justice Democrats PAC, the Brand New Congress PAC and Brand New Congress LLC as the overlapping entities that aimed to “subsidize cheap assistance for Ocasio-Cortez and other candidates at rates far below market value.”

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-hit-with-fec-complaint-for-alleged-subsidy-scheme (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-hit-with-fec-complaint-for-alleged-subsidy-scheme)
Title: Re: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit with FEC complaint for alleged 'subsidy scheme'
Post by: rangerrebew on April 03, 2019, 02:36:09 pm
These young hussies, of which the democrats are so proud, have figured out the obvious.  As long as their crimes are not too egregious, the worst that will happen is they will get a slap on the wrist and a soft one at that. pillowfight33333
Title: Re: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit with FEC complaint for alleged 'subsidy scheme'
Post by: Mod1 on April 03, 2019, 06:40:44 pm
Merged two threads on same topic
Title: Re: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit with FEC complaint for alleged 'subsidy scheme'
Post by: verga on April 03, 2019, 07:56:28 pm
Seriously, who did not see this coming. The Democrat party is rife with corruption. Frankly I would have been more surprised if she was not implicated in some scheme.
Title: Re: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit with FEC complaint for alleged 'subsidy scheme'
Post by: austingirl on April 04, 2019, 02:40:58 pm
Just saw a clip where she was asked about the charges. She mumbled something about "conservatives" and "bogus" as she scuttled away. Not eager to blather in front of the cameras this time. :silly:
Title: Re: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit with FEC complaint for alleged 'subsidy scheme'
Post by: Free Vulcan on April 04, 2019, 03:39:04 pm
And yet she wants Trump's tax returns.