Daily Caller:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s wealthy chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, did not file a disclosure revealing his net worth and outside income earned in 2018, despite the congresswoman having the legal means to compel him to do so.
Chakrabarti cofounded two PACs — Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats — that were instrumental to the New York Democrat’s electoral rise.
The political action committees funneled over $1 million to an LLC Chakrabarti controlled during the 2018 midterms. A complaint filed in March with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) called the operation “an elaborate scheme to avoid proper disclosure of campaign expenditures.”
Ocasio-Cortez announced in February that she was capping her staff salaries at $80,000, meaning that nobody on her payroll, including Chakrabarti, would earn the senior pay rate of $126,000 that requires congressional staffers to publicly disclose their finances, the Washington Examiner previously reported.
But the House Ethics Committee requires every representative to have at least one staffer file a financial disclosure. Members such as Ocasio-Cortez that don’t pay any of their employees at the senior pay rate must designate at least one so-called principal assistant who is required to disclose their finances.
Representatives have broad latitude to determine which employee to name as their principal assistants, but the House Ethics Committee encourages representatives to select employees who can, in some circumstances, “act in the Member’s name or with the Member’s authority.” more here
For a dummy she is pretty sneaky.
Or her handlers are.
LCD. Her handlers created her The Justice Democrats recruited and coached her. The same outfit is now going to primary Congressman Elliot Engle, D-NY. Engle is no bargain, a total leftie like Nadler, but I’m curious who they will come up with. It’s a phucked up world we live in these days. I blame the media. A decent Republican, man or woman, doesn’t have a chance in New York.
Maybe a Trump win in 2020 will help? MAGA, KAG.
What a great idea for a new hat.
MAG/KAG
2024.
Red or blue hat with gold lettering.
Only true deplorables/ dregs etc. will understand .
I’m working on it.
@Left Coast Dan JUNE 19, 2019 AT 4:29 PM
“For a dummy she is pretty sneaky.
Or her handlers are.”
It’s pretty obvious that chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti,is her puppet master.
MAG*KAG
Moe Tom put star in it. Id’e buy it either way!
@Moe – a decent Republican has already left New York.
Of course I say that, but live in the Peoples’ Republic of Santa Monica…
There’s a name as american as apple pie! I’m sure he’s deeply steeped in our history and culture.
Boots is running off with Doras’ money?
careful there Burr … you’re stepping into Macaca territory 😉
???? I’ve been comparing these two idiots to Boots and Dora for months now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwElLjOyXw4
I can’t help but wonder why ALL politicians are not required to disclose their finances.
Maybe I’m just too naive.
He already stole a million bucks? No wonder he’s wealthy.
AOC’s chief of staff ran $1M slush fund by diverting campaign cash to his own companies:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ocasio-cortezs-chief-of-staff-ran-1m-slush-fund-by-diverting-campaign-cash-to-his-own-companies