New emails uncovered that the Democratic Rep. from New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, received a warning beforehand from an anti-corruption attorney against agreeing to an invite to attend the 2021 Met Gala.
Recently, the House Office of Congressional Ethics revealed that it has discovered “substantial reason to believe” that the Democratic Rep. may have violated federal law by accepting “impermissible gifts” associated with her attendance in the 2021 Met Gala.
The Washington Examiner noted:
“The lawyer warned that Vogue’s parent company, Advance Media Publications, was a registered lobbyist and appeared to suggest that she could attend the gala if she had an invite from event organizers. Ocasio-Cortez and her boyfriend accepted the tickets to the gala.”
As per the documents revealed by the Congressional Ethics Committee, the attorney wrote in the email:
“The Congresswoman could accept an invitation from [the Met], but not from Vogue. Since Advance Publications is a registered lobbyist, we’ll need to be extra careful!”
The email added:
“Hope the [C]ongresswoman had a great time last night! … [W]e have had a number of inquiries … Mainly from Page Six … Given that she was a guest of [V]ogue, we were planning to say … she was a guest of Anna [Wintour]’s. … wanted to check with you.”
The New York Post reported:
A slew of watchdog groups filed complaints after revelations emerged that she and her boyfriend, with whom she has since become engaged, scored tickets that cost $35,000 apiece. There were also questions about Ocasio-Cortez’s “borrowed” dress, her sitting at a sponsored table possibly valued up to $300,000, and having a limousine ride.
Documents from the Congressional Ethics Committee trove clarified that the invitation information Ocasio-Cortez and her boyfriend received showed they were “guests of Vogue.” Following her outing, a Vogue staffer contacted Ocasio-Cortez’s team and suggested they describe her as a guest of Anna Wintour, Vogue’s editor-in-chief.
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