{"id":2466738,"date":"2025-07-25T14:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aocs-met-gala-appearance-inconsistent-with-house-rules\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T14:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:19:58","slug":"aocs-met-gala-appearance-inconsistent-with-house-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aocs-met-gala-appearance-inconsistent-with-house-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC&#8217;s Met Gala appearance &#8216;inconsistent&#8217; with House Rules"},"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\">16<\/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%2Faocs-met-gala-appearance-inconsistent-with-house-rules%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=2466738&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--><p>The House Ethics Committee found that Representative Alexandria ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) violated House rules during her 2021 Met Gala appearance by not fully paying the fair market value for certain goods and services related to the event, including her notable &#8220;Tax the Rich&#8221; dress. While there was no evidence that she <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >intentionally underpaid<\/a>, the committee determined she owes an additional $2,733.28 to cover the remaining costs. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-american-socialite-who-rubbed-elbows-with-hillary-clinton-jumps-to-her-death\/\" title=\"Chinese-American Socialite Who Rubbed Elbows with Hillary Clinton Jumps to Her Death\">investigation revealed<\/a> that some payments were delayed and possibly reduced due to interactions with her staff. Ocasio-Cortez has accepted the committee&#8217;s ruling and will make the required payments from her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-reps-introduce-omar-act-to-crackdown-on-lawmakers-who-channel-campaign-funds-to-spouses\/\" title=\"GOP reps. introduce \u2018OMAR Act\u2019 to crackdown on lawmakers who channel campaign funds to spouses\">personal funds<\/a> to resolve the matter.The committee stated that once the payments are completed, the case will be considered closed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House Ethics asks AOC to pay $2,700 for Met Gala appearance that violated gift rules<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2182019\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Ethics Committee<\/a> investigation found Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) acted &ldquo;inconsistent with House Rules, laws, and other standards of conduct&rdquo; in relation to her 2021 Met Gala appearance and asked her to pay more than $2,700.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/ethics.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Committee-Report-20250725-Rep.-Ocasio-Cortez.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">report<\/a> released Friday, the committee determined that there was no evidence Ocasio-Cortez intentionally underpaid for &ldquo;any goods and services&rdquo; related to her appearance, for which she famously wore a dress that said, &ldquo;Tax the Rich.&rdquo; However, the committee determined that it is &ldquo;appropriate&rdquo; for her to compensate for the &ldquo;fair market value of certain expenses.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3482275\/house-republicans-big-beautiful-bill-working-group\/\">House Republicans announce &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217; 2.0 working group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3482101\/dnc-epstein-target-online-right-wing-audiences-new-ad\/\">DNC to target online right-wing audiences with new Epstein ad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3480412\/house-gop-weighs-save-obamacare-tax-credits\/\">House GOP weighs whether to save expanded Obamacare tax credits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;In many instances, the congresswoman relied on the advice of counsel in determining appropriate payment amounts, and most discussions about payment were handled through a campaign staffer,&rdquo; the committee wrote in its report released Friday. &ldquo;However, the Committee did find evidence suggesting that the designer may have lowered costs in response to statements from Representative Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s staff, and that payments to vendors were significantly delayed and, in several cases, did not occur until after OCC initiated its investigation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The committee said Ocasio-Cortez should make additional payments &ldquo;of personal funds&rdquo; to compensate for the underpayment of services worth $2,733.28 that she received in connection with her attendance at the 2021 Met Gala. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/25\/us-news\/aoc-broke-house-rules-to-attend-met-gala-with-beau-riley-roberts-told-to-pay-additional-2700-for-tax-the-rich-gown-other-accessories\/#\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Upon confirmation of the completion of those payments, the Committee will consider this matter closed,&rdquo; the panel wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2153213\/aoc-was-warned-against-accepting-met-gala-invite-emails-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AOC WAS WARNED AGAINST ACCEPTING MET GALA INVITE, EMAILS SHOW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The investigation into whether she accepted &ldquo;impermissible gifts&rdquo; has been ongoing since 2023, when the Office of Congressional Ethics determined at the time that she did not pay for the dress rental, makeup, accessories, and transportation services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-64837119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">until after the watchdog contacted her<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Congresswoman appreciates the Committee finding that she made efforts to ensure her compliance with House Rules and sought to act consistently with her ethical requirements as a Member of the House,&rdquo; Mike Casca, Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s chief of staff, said in a statement provided to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;She accepts the ruling and will remedy the remaining amounts, as she&rsquo;s done at each step in this process.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2182019\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2182019\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Ethics asks AOC to pay $2,700 for Met Gala gift rule breach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2466739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AOC-Oversight-election.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8334,50410,45076,54693,5894],"class_list":["post-2466738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-aoc","tag-controversy-2","tag-house-rules","tag-met-gala","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AOC-Oversight-election.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466738","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2466738"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2466742,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466738\/revisions\/2466742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2466739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2466738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2466738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2466738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}