IT GOES TO VOTE TOMORROW.
THE CONTROVERSY AROUND CORTES'S
FINANCES.
SHE CLAIMS REPUBLICAN TROLLS ARE
SLAMMING HER WITH BOGUS
COMPLAINTS.
IT'S ON TOP OF A BUNCH OTHER
COMPLAINTS.
INCLUDING THAT HER CHIEF OF
STAFF DIVERTED $1 MILLION IN
CAMPAIGN DONATIONS TO SHELL
COMPANIES HE AND CORTEZ
CONTROLLED.
AND HER TEAM MAY HAVE ILLEGALLY
PAID HER LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND FOR
CONSULTING SERVICES EVEN THOUGH
HE DID LITTLE TO KNOW CAMPAIGN
WORK.
ALSO SHE GOT A CONGRESSIONAL
EMAIL ACCOUNT FOR HER BOYFRIEND,
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT
MARRIED.
YOUR TAKE ON ALL THIS?
>> THE TAX ISSUE IS THE LATEST
FOR THE CONGRESSWOMAN.
SHE ADVOCATES MORE TAXES AND
HIGHER REGULATORY BURDEN ON
AMERICANS GENERALLY AND SHE HAS
SUPPORTED MORE REGULATION OF
FREE SPEECH, AND THE MONEY IT
TAKES TO RUN A CAMPAIGN.
YET NOW SHE FINDS HERSELF EVEN
SNARED IN A TAX AND REGULATORY
SNAFU.
I THINK THESE MAY RISE TO A
LEVEL OF SERIOUS VIOLATIONS, AND
I THINK SHE IS GOING TO GET A
GOOD DOSE OF EDUCATION IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. ABOUT THE
BURDENS THAT COME WITH TAXES AND
REGULATION.
>> SHE IS GOING AFTER THE PEOPLE
FILING THE COMPLAINTS.
CALLING HIM A TROLL.
SHE IS PERSONALLY ATTACKING HIM.
WHY DO YOU SAY THIS COULD BODE
ILL FOR OCASIO-CORTEZ.
>> SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN TWO
COME RAINS IN THE FILED AGAINST
THIS SCHEME.
THREE ENTITIES.
TWO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES,
AND AN LLC TO SUBSIDIZE NACE
SNRKS T CAMPAIGNS OF THEIR
PREFERRED CANDIDATES.
SHE MAY HAVE CIRCUMVENTED THE
PERSONAL USE VIOLATION.
ANOTHER COMPLAINTS CLAIMS THAT
THEY SPENT SO MUCH MONEY THROUGH
AN LLC IN ORDER TO OBSCURE HOW
THEY ACTUALLY DISBURSED THE
FUNDS.
I THINK THE VIOLATION IS OF
DIMENSIONS OF $3 MILLION.
THE END PRIZE OF TWO POLITICAL
ACTION COMMITTEES AND LLC
PROVIDED CAMPAIGN SUPPORT AT A
DEFICIT.
THAT IS, THEY SPENT ABOUT $3.3
MILLION TO SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN
OF THE CONGRESSWOMAN AND OTHERS,
YET THEY CHARGED THE CAMPAIGN
ONLY $300,000.
THAT LOOKS LIKE A POTENTIAL $3
MILLION SUBSIDY TO THE CAMPAIGNS
THEY SUPPORTED, INCLUDING THE
CONGRESSWOMAN'S BECAUSE SHE PAID
$60,000 FOR THE SERVICES SHE
RECEIVED FROM THIS ENTERPRISE.
LIZ: IT'S AS BLACK BOX.
THAT'S WHY CAMPAIGN LAWS ARE SO
DETAILED.
YOU CAN'T DO THINGS LIKE THIS.
SHE IS PAID $2,000 IN TAXES FOR
A COMPANY SHE FOUND?
2012.
THIS IS INTERESTING WHEN YOU DIG
IN DEEP TO OCASIO-CORTEZ'S
FINANCES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS
THERE.
>> SHE WAS INVOLVED IN SETTING
UP THIS ENTERPRISE OF THE THREE
ORGANIZATIONS.
HER NAME APPEARS AS A DIRECTOR.
HER BOYFRIEND WORKED FOR THIS
ENTERPRISE, AND SHE BENEFITED
FROM THE SUBSIDY THAT THEY
PROVIDED THE VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS.
SO I THINK THAT SHE IS IN FOR A