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Is AOC Married? Her Office Says No. Her Legal Filings in Congress Say Otherwise.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D., N.Y.) office says she isn’t married. But she has described her fiancé, Riley Roberts, as her "spouse" in forms filed with the House Ethics Committee in 2023, which has a strict definition of that term—"someone to whom you are legally married."
That could become a problem for the left-wing darling, since willful misrepresentations on the documents are a no-no—they could subject her to criminal prosecution, the forms state—and members of Congress are required to disclose the financial information of their spouses, which Ocasio-Cortez has declined to do.
But taken at face value, four legal filings submitted to the House Ethics Committee pertaining to AOC’s overseas travels in 2022 and 2023 suggest the pair have been legally married at least since Jan. 13, 2023. If that is the case, the "Squad" member can no longer leverage the so-called boyfriend loophole to evade public disclosure of his finances. While lawmakers are required to disclose financial information about their spouses, live-in romantic partners and fiancés are exempt from the rule.
If they are not, her forms were filed incorrectly. "They are not legally married," AOC spokeswoman Lauren Hitt told the Washington Free Beacon. "House Ethics has commonly recognized the term spouse to extend to long-term partners."
Hitt’s statement is false. The House Ethics Committee, which has sole jurisdiction over the Code of Official Conduct that governs the acts of members of the House, defines a spouse as "someone to whom you are legally married." Ocasio-Cortez had the option to describe Roberts as her fiancé in the forms to the committee, but instead, checked boxes representing him as her "spouse."
The House Ethics Committee declined to comment.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Is AOC Married? Her Office Says No. Her Legal Filings in Congress Say Otherwise.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D., N.Y.) office says she isn’t married. But she has described her fiancé, Riley Roberts, as her "spouse" in forms filed with the House Ethics Committee in 2023, which has a strict definition of that term—"someone to whom you are legally married."
That could become a problem for the left-wing darling, since willful misrepresentations on the documents are a no-no—they could subject her to criminal prosecution, the forms state—and members of Congress are required to disclose the financial information of their spouses, which Ocasio-Cortez has declined to do.
But taken at face value, four legal filings submitted to the House Ethics Committee pertaining to AOC’s overseas travels in 2022 and 2023 suggest the pair have been legally married at least since Jan. 13, 2023. If that is the case, the "Squad" member can no longer leverage the so-called boyfriend loophole to evade public disclosure of his finances. While lawmakers are required to disclose financial information about their spouses, live-in romantic partners and fiancés are exempt from the rule.
If they are not, her forms were filed incorrectly. "They are not legally married," AOC spokeswoman Lauren Hitt told the Washington Free Beacon. "House Ethics has commonly recognized the term spouse to extend to long-term partners."
Hitt’s statement is false. The House Ethics Committee, which has sole jurisdiction over the Code of Official Conduct that governs the acts of members of the House, defines a spouse as "someone to whom you are legally married." Ocasio-Cortez had the option to describe Roberts as her fiancé in the forms to the committee, but instead, checked boxes representing him as her "spouse."
The House Ethics Committee declined to comment.
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It never ceases to surprise me how dumb these people are. Covering shit up is always a bad idea, just keep it simple.
