Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has willfully missed the Home Ethics Committee’s monetary disclosure deadline of August 13 for the second time in her congressional profession.
Ocasio-Cortez is effectively conscious of the Workplace of Congressional Ethics’ August 13 deadline, in line with her spokesperson, who flaunted the committee’s 30-day grace interval.
“The committee offers a 30-day grace interval earlier than fines are levied. The congresswoman plans to file earlier than the interval expires,” Ocasio-Cortez’s communications director instructed the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.
If she have been to overlook the 30-day grace interval, Ocasio-Cortez would face a $200 late penalty.
This isn’t the primary time Ocasio-Cortez has filed her monetary disclosures late. In 2019, Ocasio-Cortez filed her monetary disclosure precisely 30 days late in September 2020, barely avoiding the Ethics Committee tremendous.
“Not solely is she an admitted scofflaw — she’s a repeat offender. One should wonder if she additionally information her revenue tax returns previous the deadlines,” Nationwide Authorized and Coverage Middle lawyer Paul Kamenar instructed the Washington Examiner.
“Identical to AOC did in 2020 when she filed her 2019 disclosure report 30 days late after the 90-day extension, she’s at it once more, blowing off the deadline for submitting her 2021 submitting that was due on August 13,” Kamenar added.
Ocasio-Cortez joins 9 different members of the Home who haven’t well timed filed their 2021 monetary disclosures, together with Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI).
Ocasio-Cortez made headlines over the summer time for claiming the $174,000 congressional wage is tough on “working and center class” lawmakers.
“Those who truly depend on wage come from working and center class backgrounds,” Ocasio-Cortez stated.
“So b) it’s straightforward for rich members to vote AGAINST value of dwelling changes for the working class members to attain political factors, however then c) many will then have interaction in inventory buying and selling … as a result of they know they’ve created an not possible $ scenario and that’s how they work round it.”
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