Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

New AOC Scandal, Emails Reveal…

It is clear that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez believes herself a celebrity deserving of a Hollywood level of attention and benefits. However, others may not agree as new emails expose the truth. AOC actually received a warning from an anti-corruption attorney against accepting the invite to the 2021 Met Gala. 

The House Office of Congressional Ethics has recently revealed that it has discovered “substantial reason to believe” that AOC may have violated federal law by accepting “impermissible gifts” associated with her attendance at the 2021 Met Gala.

According to the Washington Examiner, Advance Media Publications, which is the parent company of Vogue, was warned by the lawyer that due to them being a registered lobbyist AOC “could attend the gala if she had an invite from event organizers.”

The documents released by the Congressional Ethics Committee showed that the attorney wrote in the email that “the Congresswoman could accept an invitation from [the Met], but not from Vogue. Since Advance Publications is a registered lobbyist, we’ll need to be extra careful!”

Hope the [C]ongresswoman had a great time last night! … [W]e have had a number of inquiries … Mainly from Page Six … Given that she was a guest of [V]ogue, we were planning to say … she was a guest of Anna [Wintour]’s. … wanted to check with you,” the email continued.

However, watchdog groups filed complaints after it was revealed that AOC, and her boyfriend, were given tickets that cost $35,000 apiece. Other unauthorized gifts included her “borrowed” dress, her sitting at a sponsored table possibly valued up to $300,000, and a free limousine ride.

Documents from the Congressional Ethics Committee trove clarified that the invitation information showed that the couple were actually “guests of Vogue” and not the Mett. Apparently, a Vogue staffer contacted the congresswoman’s team suggesting they describe her as a guest of Anna Wintour, Vogue’s editor-in-chief.

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