When is a spouse not a spouse? In the case of AOC, it’s when the ‘spouse’ accepts gifts or wants access to non-public areas of the Capitol. However, not-a-spouse when it comes to financial disclosures.
“The Ethics Committee rebuked Ocasio-Cortez for her dual-use of the term ‘spouse’ to define her relationship with Roberts deep in the footnotes of the committee’s July report ordering Ocasio-Cortez to repay $3,000 in impermissible gifts she received when she attended the 2021 Met Gala in her infamous ‘Tax the Rich’ dress,” the report said.
“The Committee further notes that at the same time Representative Ocasio-Cortez was seeking to take advantage of exceptions to the Gift Rule only applicable to spouses and/or certain relatives, she was not disclosing Mr. Roberts’s financial interests as is required of Members who are legally married,” the committee wrote.
The report said literally no information is available about Roberts, where he works, his business ownerships, debts, assets and stock market trading activity.
“Federal laws that require the spouses of lawmakers to disclose their financial affairs to the public exist to prevent congressional spouses from profiting from their partner’s position in Congress or from being used as a pass-through to influence legislation,” the report said.
Let’s call it what it is: fraud. Even if they are engaged, dude is not her legal spouse. Therefore it’s an all or nothing. The fact that she’s being allowed to cut this definition in a way that benefits her, is beyond reprehensible. And the fact that Congress isn’t doing anything speaks to its internal corruption.
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