Ocasio-Cortez de-listed from board of Justice Democrats after controversy

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Ocasio-Cortez de-listed from board of Justice Democrats after controversy

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., reportedly has been de-listed from the board of left-wing activist group Justice Democrats, following legal and ethical questions about her affiliation with the group.

The Daily Caller reported that Ocasio-Cortez, along with chief of staff and former campaign chair Saikat Chakrabarti, have been removed from the board of the political action committee after previously holding “legal control over the entity" in late 2017 and early 2018

The Caller reports that Ocasio-Cortez and Chakrabarti took control of Justice Democrats in December 2017, until Ocasio-Cortez was removed from the board in June 2018 -- though she was kept on as an “entity governor” until last week. Both Ocasio-Cortez and Chakrabarti were only officially removed from the board on March 15, according to documents obtained by the outlet, almost eight months after attorneys had said she was removed.

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Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff illegally moved $885G in campaign contributions 'off the books,' FEC complaint alleges

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Saikat Chakrabarti, the progressive firebrand's multimillionaire chief of staff, apparently violated campaign finance law by funneling nearly $1 million in contributions from political action committees Chakrabarti established to private companies that he also controlled, according to an explosive complaint filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and obtained by Fox News.

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The Daily Caller News Foundation's review of archived copies of the Justice Democrats PAC's website and relevant campaign documents indicated that Ocasio-Cortez and Chakrabarti "obtained majority control of Justice Democrats PAC in December 2017" -- and yet allegedly failed to disclose afterward to the FEC the fact that the PAC was supporting her candidacy.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortezs-millionaire-chief-of-sta...

Ocasio-Cortez de-listed from board of Justice Democrats after controversy

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., reportedly has been de-listed from the board of left-wing activist group Justice Democrats, following legal and ethical questions about her affiliation with the group.

The Daily Caller reported that Ocasio-Cortez, along with chief of staff and former campaign chair Saikat Chakrabarti, have been removed from the board of the political action committee after previously holding “legal control over the entity" in late 2017 and early 2018.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-de-listed-from-board-of-j...

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wendy davis's picture

version of the complaint: 'FEC Complaint Alleges Ocasio-Cortez, Chief of Staff Moved Almost $1 Million Contributions to His Companies’, Mary Chastain, March 6, 2019, legalinsurrection.com

and yes, it’s a bit confusing (albeit the notes 'X Pac not to be confused with XLLC', etc.) and the pdf is fuzzy, at least to me. i’ll read it more closely later, esp. concerning the ‘brand new congress pac founded to recruit candidates who were not thinking about running already and actually fully run all their campaigns as if it was (sic) one big presidential race’

included is: "It took almost two days for the mainstream media to pick up the story. The Washington Post published a story on it late Tuesday night... Of course The Washington Post did not credit The Washington Examiner."

the examiner isn't msm? perhaps not, but i'd at least heard of it.

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@wendy davis the "appearance" of wrong doing. I just read the whole thing.

Appearances are what the MSM is trying to slander here IMO.

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@Battle of Blair Mountain

may be a little to simplistic, but from what i understand is that there would have to be proven intent to obscure, etc. and various 'experts' seem to disagree on what the various components of the complaints actually signify. but then, i read it yesterday, which for my memory full of holes a long time, and even then it was hard to follow both visually and narratively. ; ) glad ya read it.

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"AOC is a msm creation. She is fake." Doesn't jive with "msm exposes campaign violations. AOC smeared. Possible jail time."

Dont cite 12 dimensional chess psyops.

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@Battle of Blair Mountain

As I said earlier in this thread:

TPTB are trying to set her up as THE "socialist" spokesperson. And what makes people support someone? That your enemies are attacking that someone.

As the comments indicate, the area is rather murky, legally.

I will give it a week and see where the dust settles. If Chakrabarti takes the fall, then it was an attack that merely reinforces her followers' beliefs that she must be defended from the evil corporate media. If she gets in real legal trouble, I might change my mind.

But AOC is a "long con". Its simply too early in this particular grift to tell how things will turn out.

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