AOC Could Be In MAJOR Trouble

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was recently referred to the House Ethics Committee.

Trending Politics reports: “Pursuant to House Rule XI, clause 3(b)(8)(A), and Committee Rules 17A(b)(1)(A),17A(c)(1), and 17A(j), the Acting Chairwoman and Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics have jointly decided to extend the matter regarding Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, which was transmitted to the Committee by the Office of Congressional Ethics on June 23, 2022.”

Currently, no one knows exactly what has landed AOC in the hot seat this time, but sources are speculating that it has something to do with this dress that she wore to a $ 35,000-per-head event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attending the $35,000-a-ticket #MetGala in a Brother Vellies gown blaring "Tax the Rich" is a complicated proposition. pic.twitter.com/prxOojWxwx

— Vanessa Friedman (@VVFriedman) September 14, 2021

The public was quick to call out Cortez, a self-proclaimed messiah of socialism and anti-capitalist beliefs, for her hypocrisy.

It is unclear as to whether Cortez will actually face any charges, and she shouldn’t for wearing a dress, free speech is free speech. Is she a hypocrite? Absolutely. Does that make her a criminal? Not any more than any of her colleagues…

According to sources, she gave the dress back, so it is difficult to call that, in and of itself, a gift.

However, if this is tied to her acceptance of the tickets and tables at the event then there are potential grounds for a charge…The Metropolitan Museum of Art is not a charity—it’s somewhat of a public—private partnership.

$35,000 tickets and $300,000 tables ‘sponsored’ for her at a major event like this are gifts…

Likewise, it is also unclear if her referral to the House Ethics Committee is related to her appearance at the Met Gala at all—it could potentially be for something way more serious…

SHUT UP HYPOCRITE @aoc! The WORLD has had enough of your devious lies and sic ideology!
AOC investigated by House Ethics Committee 15 months after conservative groups filed complaints against her for accepting freebie $35K Met Gala tickets https://t.co/8agLDiLXUr pic.twitter.com/qgj13LAWC5

— Luciano Borg (@LucBorg) December 16, 2022

According to this 1945 article posted on MSN News:

She reportedly was invited as a guest of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and did not keep the dress. The New York Congresswoman, who won her seat in 2018 following a shock primary victory over Joe Crowley, a senior House Democrat, quickly emerged as a leading figure among progressives.

Ethics watchdogs have accused AOC of violating House rules by improperly accepting other gifts.
Lawmakers are, in fact, allowed under chamber regulations to take free tickets to charity events directly from organizers — and The New York Post has reported that Ocasio-Cortez and her now-fiancé Riley Roberts were directly invited by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Yet, some watchdogs counter that the allowance wouldn’t apply to the Met Gala, since the invitations are controlled by a for-profit company – in this case, media conglomerate Conde Nast – while the tables, which cost $300,000, are sponsored by corporate entities.

 

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— Brandon Hoffmaster (@BrandonHoffmas3) December 21, 2022

It's past time for "her and others like her" to face dismissal and possibly prison time!!!

AOC Faces Investigation By House Ethics Committee | Red Blooded Conservative https://t.co/ncDt8FVCGd

— Paul Stevens (@PaulSte48866392) December 14, 2022

Conservative Brief continued:

The American Accountability Foundation has alleged that Meta-owned Instagram bought access to AOC that ordinary constituents could not do by sponsoring a table for her at the Met.

Meanwhile, a second ethics complaint was filed by the National Legal and Policy Center regarding the dress.

The Brother Vellies gown amounted to an impermissible gift because it was “directly related to AOC’s ‘position with the House’ as a highly visible and controversial Member.”