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.
“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.
And fellow former FEC commissioner Brad Smith told TheDCNF that if “a complaint were filed, I would think it would trigger a serious investigation.” He also noted that such a probe could potentially result in jail time for Ocasio-Cortez and her chief of staff, Chakrabarti.
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Pursue this and lock the nutter up.
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Something like this could very well happen. I think when the establishment brings her and her goofy $hit down, it will be really bad for her.
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ReplyDeleteAbsolutely correct.
DeleteDear Readers,
ReplyDeleteMy take on this is quite simple - AOC had a very serious shot put across the bow regarding this and the message is clear:
Quiet down or pay the price...
My guess is that if she is persuaded to quiet down, her COS (Chakrabarti) will take the fall - if she does not, then they both go. A FEC violation is VERY serious and it is quite interesting that I see no mention of it on CNN or MSNBC at this time (I did not see it when looking at their web sites an hour ago) - Of course, the web can literally unravel if Chakrabarti decides its every man for himself....will be quite interesting to see who instigated this (my money is on the moderate Dems), but the die is now cast....no way for AOC to back out without going quiet....
Regards,
Paladin
Go for it commissioner full throttle drain the swamp uncover the lies make them public and strike her as a candidate strip her of any position she has or will have in government.
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