Two organizations linked to Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her outgoing senior aides are the subject of a Federal Election Commission investigation into alleged campaign finance violations, the Washington Examiner has learned.
The FEC opened an official case on March 7 to examine complaints against Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress, two campaign committees started by Ocasio-Cortez's former chief of staff Shaikat Chakrabarti, according to an FEC confirmation letter disclosed to the Washington Examiner.
During this time, the committees transferred over $1 million to two shell companies controlled by Chakrabarti with names similar to one of the PACs, Brand New Campaign LLC and Brand New Congress LLC, according to federal election filings.
The New York Post also reported on Saturday that an unspecified federal body is investigating possible campaign finance violations by Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress.
Justice Democrats is currently run by activist Alexandra Rojas and is no longer affiliated with Ocasio-Cortez or Chakrabarti.
Chakrabarti, an influential liberal organizer who was widely seen as the architect of Ocasio-Cortez's successful 2018 campaign and legislative priorities, stepped down as the congresswoman's chief of staff last Friday, the Intercept first reported.
Chakrabarti is reportedly joining an environmental activist group called New Consensus to work on building support for the Green New Deal policies.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/federal-election-commission-investigating-ex-aoc-chief-of-staff-chakrabarti
The FEC opened an official case on March 7 to examine complaints against Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress, two campaign committees started by Ocasio-Cortez's former chief of staff Shaikat Chakrabarti, according to an FEC confirmation letter disclosed to the Washington Examiner.
During this time, the committees transferred over $1 million to two shell companies controlled by Chakrabarti with names similar to one of the PACs, Brand New Campaign LLC and Brand New Congress LLC, according to federal election filings.
The New York Post also reported on Saturday that an unspecified federal body is investigating possible campaign finance violations by Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress.
Justice Democrats is currently run by activist Alexandra Rojas and is no longer affiliated with Ocasio-Cortez or Chakrabarti.
Chakrabarti, an influential liberal organizer who was widely seen as the architect of Ocasio-Cortez's successful 2018 campaign and legislative priorities, stepped down as the congresswoman's chief of staff last Friday, the Intercept first reported.
Chakrabarti is reportedly joining an environmental activist group called New Consensus to work on building support for the Green New Deal policies.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/federal-election-commission-investigating-ex-aoc-chief-of-staff-chakrabarti
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