- The House Ethics Committee disclosed Thursday that it had extended its review of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance at the 2021 Met Gala over an allegation that she may have accepted impermissible gifts associated with the event.
- In a joint statement, Committee Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., and ranking member Susan Wild, D-Pa., announced that they decided in December to extend their review into the allegation after it received a referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics.
- In an 18-page report prepared by the Office of Congressional Ethics that was made public Thursday, the panel detailed its investigation into the allegation that Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., may have violated House rules, standards of conduct and federal law. It concluded that there was “substantial reason to believe” that she did accept impermissible gifts.
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AOC Probe Widens, May Have Accepted Impermissible Gifts
may have accepted impermissible gifts at ritzy event
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leaves the 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/GC Images)
