{"id":2030952,"date":"2023-09-13T17:59:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T21:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/filings-suggest-aoc-is-married-her-office-says-no-heres-why-thats-a-house-ethics-issue\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T18:00:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T22:00:40","slug":"filings-suggest-aoc-is-married-her-office-says-no-heres-why-thats-a-house-ethics-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/filings-suggest-aoc-is-married-her-office-says-no-heres-why-thats-a-house-ethics-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC&#8217;s marital status raises House Ethics concerns, conflicting reports."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffilings-suggest-aoc-is-married-her-office-says-no-heres-why-thats-a-house-ethics-issue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2030952&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Report Raises Questions About AOC&#8217;s Relationship Status\u200c and Financial Disclosures<\/h2>\n<p>According to a recent \u200creport from The\u200b Washington Free Beacon, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s office claims \u2064that she has never been married. However, the \u2064report \u200dreveals that she has identified her\u200b fianc\u00e9, Riley \u200bRoberts, \u200cas her &#8220;spouse&#8221; on various forms filed with the House Ethics Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064report, \u200cwritten\u200b by investigative journalist Andrew Kerr, highlights forms related to Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s\u2064 official travel\u2062 in 2022 and 2023, where Roberts is listed \u200das her &#8220;spouse.&#8221; Additionally, her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-watchdog-calls-for-investigation-into-lurias-private-school-ties\/\" title=\"Ethics Watchdog Calls For Investigation Into Luria\u2019s Private School Ties\">financial disclosure statements<\/a> also refer to Roberts as her \u2063&#8221;spouse,&#8221; but \u2064his finances are not disclosed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If AOC is indeed married, her spouse&#8217;s finances are\u200c now subject to public disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>But she did not disclose any of\u200b Roberts\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-aoc-married-her-office-says-no-her-legal-filings-in-congress-say-otherwise\/\" title=\"Is AOC married? Her office denies it, but her congressional filings suggest otherwise.\">reportable stock holdings<\/a>, assets, or income on\u200c her latest financial\u2062 disclosure,\u200d though \u2062she did make two\u200c references to her &#8220;spouse&#8221; in the filing.\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/USREG8xvdI\">pic.twitter.com\/USREG8xvdI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewKerrNC\/status\/1701933017726370207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The issue at hand is straightforward: if \u200cOcasio-Cortez and Roberts are not legally married, then Roberts cannot be listed as her &#8220;spouse&#8221; on official travel forms. Conversely, if they are married, Roberts must disclose his finances\u200b in accordance with House rules.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about the discrepancy,\u200b Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s office stated that they have \u200bnever been legally married. However, spokeswoman Lauren Hitt dismissed the criticism, arguing that \u2062&#8221;House\u200b Ethics has commonly recognized the term spouse \u2062to extend to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-temporarily-demonetizes-beauty-influencer-after-he-admits-sending-sexually-explicit-messages-to-two-16-year-old-boys\/\" title=\"YouTube Temporarily Demonetizes Beauty Influencer After He Admits Sending Sexually Explicit Messages To Two 16-Year-Old Boys\">long-term partners<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to Hitt&#8217;s claim, the House Ethics\u2063 Committee explicitly defines marriage as a legal union. The report suggests that Hitt may have been referring to the Office\u2064 of Congressional Ethics, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/filings-suggest-aoc-is-married-her-office-says-no-heres-why-thats-a-house-ethics-issue\/\" title=\"AOC's marital status raises House Ethics concerns, conflicting reports.\">considers long-term \u200dromantic partners<\/a> to be &#8220;synonymous \u2063with a spouse.&#8221; Nevertheless, the \u2063committee&#8217;s definition governs the matter.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1694704868144000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1Z3tOpaerrCj2tN0KpdRyx\">CLICK HERE \u2062TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The report also\u2063 raises the question\u200d of why Roberts is\u2063 considered Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s &#8220;spouse&#8221; for \u2064travel purposes but not for\u200c financial disclosures. As long as\u2063 they remain unmarried, Roberts is exempt from financial \u200ddisclosure requirements due to the &#8220;boyfriend loophole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they were married, then she would be required to disclose his finances on her\u2064 2022 financial disclosure,&#8221; explained Kendra Arnold, executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust. &#8220;There\u2062 is no exception to this rule.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s office denies her marriage, yet she referred to her fianc\u00e9 as her &#8220;spouse&#8221; on multiple House Ethics Committee forms, as per The Washington Free Beacon&#8217;s report. Investigative journalist Andrew Kerr highlighted these official documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2030953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}