The controversial chief of staff for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who resigned on Friday is currently being investigated by federal officials, a new report says.
Saikat Chakrabarti faced a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission in March for alleged violations having to do with illegal fundraising. An investigation is currently underway, sources told the New York Post. According to the FEC, complaints only lead to investigations if there is enough evidence for them to believe there may have been a violation.
The investigation is reportedly related to Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats, two PACs Chakrabarti started to back progressive candidates. The March complaint alleged that the groups funneled more than $885,000 to the similarly named Brand New Campaign LLC and the Brand New Congress LLC — companies controlled by Chakrabarti that, unlike PACs, are exempt from reporting all of their significant expenditures. The PACs claimed the payments were for “strategic consulting.”
Chakrabarti and Ocasio-Cortez were hit with another complaint in April over accusations that they used Brand New Congress LLC to illegally provide in-kind political contributions by offering consulting services for cheap rates, operating at a loss by only charging candidates a portion of the costs.
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Send her back …. behind bars, where she can fix us all something to drink about.
Why isn’t Attorney General Letitia James investigating this? Why is she shirking her duty? Still busy with the Trump family’s tax returns?
Is the Teflon coating beginning to erode?
Without her mastermind, she’ll fall apart in moments. Biiiiig win for repubs if he gets indicted.
Unfortunately for her that her last name isn’t comey
Waste of time. Nothing will happen to him, these days laws apply only to Republicans.
She will yell “witch hunt” every few days , tell witnesses to lie, obstruct justice, call the investigators ” Republicans”, have colleagues back her and never answer any questions. Worked well for Trump.
> jackk
The problem is that Mueller’s own testimony leaves no rational alternative other than the acse against Trump was indeed a “witch hunt” . Every relevant investigator hired by Mueller was indeed Democrat (despite a Republican majority at the time). Show me the evidence of who did Trump tell to lie, to whom to, what to lie about, and when to lie. (Same with alleged “obstruction”).
Georgeg,
Go read the Mueller report and listen to his testimony to congress. All of your questions are answered.
Regarding your last question – do you know who Michael Cohen is and why he is sitting in Jail ?
georgeg, do not waste your time reasoning with jackk. He still believes Loretta Lynch secretly met with Bill Clinton inside a private jet two days before Hillary’s FBI interview to talk about grandchildren (that she never had) and the golf game. jackk may also believe that 30K+ emails Hillary illegally deleted contained yoga lessons and cookie recipes.
@ HC
“Send her back …. behind bars, where she can fix us all something to drink about.”
This has got to be one of the best (if not the best of) one liners I have read on this site.