Democratic socialist congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is facing a new Federal Election Commission complaint from a conservative lawyer who says she engaged in a 'subsidy scheme' to violate election finance laws, and lamented that 'a mediocre cocktail slinger who flunked history can run for Congress.' Backer has already filed one other FEC complaint against Ocasio-Cortez, alleging that she improperly gave her boyfriend an official congressional email address even though he isn't an employee. Ocasio-Cortez fired back at the time on Twitter that it was a legal way for him to see her internal calendar. He said Wednesday that he and another campaign finance expert are personally paying for the legal work, which he described as 'a deeply personal labor of love' related to his disdain for socialism. He said Wednesday that while he's trying to force Ocasio-Cortez to acknowledge that she skirted campaign finance law, his preference would be to loosen donation limits as much as possible.

Source: Daily Mail April 03, 2019 16:51 UTC