AOC Gets Hit With Ethics Complaint Over Allegedly Using Taxpayer Funds For Dance Training

Americans for Public Trust, a government accountability nonprofit, sent a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), that claims Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used her taxpayer-funded member allowance for dance classes.

The letter claims AOC made a payment of $3,700 to “Juan D Gonzalez” and another of $850 to “Bombazo Dance Co Inc.,” with both expenses being labeled as described “for training.”

In response, AOC shared, “100% wrong.

She added,  “None of this is taxpayer money, this is an FEC filing. Be loud and wrong about something else. Try again next time.”

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A government accountability nonprofit is calling on the House to launch a probe into whether Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., misappropriated her taxpayer-funded member allowance.

Americans for Public Trust, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, sent a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) on Tuesday, questioning “several troubling expenses” from AOC’s disbursements, which they claim are “in contravention of federal law and the standards of the House of Representatives.”

Each member of Congess receives a Member Representational Allowance (“MRA”), a budget for official duties that “may not be used for personal or campaign purposes,” according to the Congressional Research Service. However, the “Squad” member is being accused of using these funds for “campaign purposes.”

AOC reportedly made a payment of $3,700 to a “Juan D Gonzalez” and another for $850 to “Bombazo Dance Co Inc.,” with both expenditures described as being used for “training.”

The progressive congresswoman has addressed the issue on social media, claiming in a post on X responding to a claim she is “wasting tax dollars.”

“100% wrong,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “None of this is taxpayer money, this is an FEC filing. Be loud and wrong about something else. Try again next time.”