According to a Fox News report, Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is throwing a staffer under the bus amid a House probe into gifts, goods, and services she may have improperly accepted during the 2021 Met Gala.
the congresswoman reportedly has unpaid expenses relating to her infamous “Tax the Rich” dress and the stylist she hired for the evening.
“I just never, ever, ever would have allowed that to happen knowing what I have learned,” she said. “But I wasn’t privy to the invoices, wasn’t privy to the ones that had been sent,” she added.
“And it is just a deeply regrettable situation,” Ocasio-Cortez continued. “I feel terrible for especially the small businesses that were impacted.”
“The Ocasio-Cortez staffer, who reportedly is no longer working for the congresswoman, took responsibility for the unpaid dues,” Fox News reports.
“I think the delay there for me was I didn’t have access to her personal credit card at that moment,” the staffer told House ethics investigators.
“Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may have accepted impermissible gifts associated with her attendance at the Met Gala in 2021. If Rep. Ocasio-Cortez accepted impermissible gifts, then she may have violated House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law,” the complaint read.
More over at Fox News:
AOC blames staffer for not paying 2021 Met Gala expenses amid House probe into improperly accepted gifts https://t.co/l89AgcOko2
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