Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Showing Original Post only (View all)Payments to company owned by Ocasio-Cortez aide come under scrutiny [View all]
From a March 5, 2019 WaPo story.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)s chief of staff helped establish two political action committees that paid a company he ran more than $1 million in 2016 and 2017, federal campaign finance records show.
Brand New Congress LLC, the company owned by Saikat Chakrabarti, was also paid $18,880 for strategic consulting by Ocasio-Cortezs congressional campaign in 2017, records show. The following year, he worked as a volunteer to manage her campaign, according to his LinkedIn profile.
The arrangement, first reported by conservative outlets, left hidden who ultimately profited from the payments a sharp juxtaposition with Ocasio-Cortezs calls for transparency in politics. She has called dark money the enemy to democracy.
Brand New Congress LLC, the company owned by Saikat Chakrabarti, was also paid $18,880 for strategic consulting by Ocasio-Cortezs congressional campaign in 2017, records show. The following year, he worked as a volunteer to manage her campaign, according to his LinkedIn profile.
The arrangement, first reported by conservative outlets, left hidden who ultimately profited from the payments a sharp juxtaposition with Ocasio-Cortezs calls for transparency in politics. She has called dark money the enemy to democracy.
snip=====================================================
Limited-liability companies, which in some states are not required to disclose details about their owners or spending, have played an increasing role in politics in recent years. Critics say such entities allow both donors and vendors to mask their activities, making it difficult for the public to trace who is giving to campaigns and profiting from them.
Brand New Congress LLC, initially called Brand New Campaign LLC, was formed by Chakrabarti to serve as a campaign in a box, a one-stop vendor for communications, field, online organizing, fundraising and the like, Mitrani said in his statement.
Among its clients were two PACs Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress which worked to recruit progressive and nontraditional candidates to run for Congress, he said.
Brand New Congress LLC, initially called Brand New Campaign LLC, was formed by Chakrabarti to serve as a campaign in a box, a one-stop vendor for communications, field, online organizing, fundraising and the like, Mitrani said in his statement.
Among its clients were two PACs Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress which worked to recruit progressive and nontraditional candidates to run for Congress, he said.
snip=====================================================
In 2016 and 2017, the two PACs reported paying the LLC $1.07 million, records show.
Campaign finance experts said the relationship between Chakrabartis PACs and the limited-liability company obfuscated who received the payments and raised questions about who benefited.
Campaign finance experts said the relationship between Chakrabartis PACs and the limited-liability company obfuscated who received the payments and raised questions about who benefited.
On his LinkedIn page, Chakrabarti identifies himself as a co-founder of both groups.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/payments-to-corporation-owned-by-ocasio-cortez-aide-come-under-scrutiny/2019/03/05/ae5045ee-3f61-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html?utm_term=.1d8ff8c1c5a4
https://www.linkedin.com/in/saikatc
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
121 replies, 7384 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (11)
ReplyReply to this post
121 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Payments to company owned by Ocasio-Cortez aide come under scrutiny [View all]
lapucelle
Jul 2019
OP
If those details serve Drumpfuck by dividing us further I think we'll hear about them soon.
Ponietz
Jul 2019
#15
I'm thinking that they are saying the OP has an ax to grind with AOC and or her chief of staff.
UniteFightBack
Jul 2019
#39
But that person failed to disclose whether he or she thought that it was a prime soup bone,
Blue_true
Jul 2019
#11
Yeah, he got called out on that one (and others) so deleted it, even though he stands by his point..
George II
Jul 2019
#13
+1. Chakrabarti is a provocateur who couldn't care less about justice or democracy
dalton99a
Jul 2019
#22
Hardly surprising. Didn't the justice democrats support her primary opponent?
GulfCoast66
Jul 2019
#29
That kind of reminds me of the insurance company that would never answer their telephone,
TexasTowelie
Jul 2019
#76
seeing as you made an OP of this RW-pushed tosh, I shall reply as I did when you slipped it into a
Celerity
Jul 2019
#23
I'm sure if you wanted to you could have found non-right wing sources for most, if not all...
George II
Jul 2019
#26
there are very few non RW stories on it, and I used a couple, plus it IS a RW-started story
Celerity
Jul 2019
#27
The OP was based on a Washington Post article. Ask trump if they're a "right wing" source.
George II
Jul 2019
#28
they got the story from RW sources, and it was a RW non profit who filed the complaint
Celerity
Jul 2019
#34
yes, but WaPo is simplying reporting a RW-started, RW-spread (ALL before the WaPo story) series of
Celerity
Jul 2019
#68
Thirteen of those disgusting right wing sources post-date the Washinton Post story.
lapucelle
Jul 2019
#44
as I showed in multiple posts, the entire thing was started by a RW podcaster, then a RW non-profit
Celerity
Jul 2019
#67
Pls give us the short version. What's your take on this? Any merit to the allegations?
brush
Jul 2019
#52
Here are some of the details (I did this earlier in the year, had to check the numbers):
George II
Jul 2019
#63
Chakrabarti gave an interview to the Washinton Post magazine that was published this week.
lapucelle
Jul 2019
#56
In the link you provided, sheshe didn't argue "quite forcefully that she was not
betsuni
Jul 2019
#112
I am going to argue quite forcefully that there can never be too many facepalms in this matter.
betsuni
Jul 2019
#118
When anyone says a person color actions are racist, they are calling them racist.
sheshe2
Jul 2019
#84
I think all of this is just sour grapes on the part of Mr. Chakrabarti. Remember:
George II
Jul 2019
#86
That may have added insult to injury in the mind of Chakrabarti once Davids won...
George II
Jul 2019
#89
This is about Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress, NOT AOC. Here's Cenk's explanation.
lapucelle
Jul 2019
#85
Chakrabarti is a multi-millionaire, probably many times over. He was the founding engineer....
George II
Jul 2019
#95
your username is, alas, becoming an extraordinarily tendentious and disliked way of carrying
Celerity
Jul 2019
#104
WHY is this guy running his mouth? He needs to STFU and just do his job. We have AOC to tweet shit
UniteFightBack
Jul 2019
#41