LilB0kChoy

All feelings are valid. The issues come from how some express or act on those feeling.

There’s loads (almost all ?) of public institutions which have become tools for the authoritarian regime.

Yep, there sure are. Anything to support that the OCE (a non-partisan independent board) or House Ethics Committee (a bi-partisan committee made up of 5 members of each party) is one of them?

This institution is not “working as intended” if it asks a democrat to repay an event ticket

OCE referred it to the HEC, they reviewed it and found that while AOC made full effort to abide by the gift policy there were a few things missed. They asked her to rectify it and she agreed. She also acknowledged their findings (“She accepts the ruling and will remedy the remaining amounts, as she’s done at each step in this process“). What’s not working there?

but gives a republican a free pass on insider trading.

“the committee said that it reviewed allegations referred by the Office of Congressional Conduct and “did not find evidence that he knowingly or intentionally caused his spouse to trade based on insider information.”

Any actual tangible proof or evidence they’re lying? Or maybe you have a view like the MAGAs and want to suspend due process for those you don’t like?

One person received a benefit of a few hundred dollars and the other received a benefit of possibly a few million dollars.

Do you notice how you worded this?

“One person received a benefit of a few hundred dollars”

“other received a benefit of possibly a few million dollars”. Possibly.

The committee said that it reviewed allegations referred by the Office of Congressional Conduct and “did not find evidence that he knowingly or intentionally caused his spouse to trade based on insider information.”

But the report said that the panel “did not receive full cooperation from Mrs. Kelly and was therefore unable to determine whether her stock purchase was improper.”

I think it’s very likely they engaged in insider trading, but if they have nothing to actually prove it, what are you expecting from the process?

I’ll remind you that insider trading is theft.

It sure is. Who handles financial crimes? The DoJ and the SEC, yet no investigation was opened. Probably because those organizations have been hamstrung and stacked with loyalists at positions of power? Although the case for Rep. Kelly was referred to House Ethics in 2021…

On July 23, 2021, the Office of Congressional Ethics transmitted a referral to the Committee on Ethics of the United States House of Representatives regarding Rep. Mike Kelly.

I think I’ll just report you and block you. Bye.

Maybe that’s where you should be. Personally, I don’t like misinformation but since you do I’m guessing your values would align nicely with c/conservative.

Why? There’s plenty of actual fascism going on that misinformation and fear mongering about this specific situation isn’t needed.

If only we could determine when the OCE refferred the case to the House Ethics Committee…

On June 23, 2022, the Office of Congressional Ethics transmitted a referral to the Committee on Ethics of the United States House of Representatives regarding Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

That’s about what I thought.

Anything, beyond your supposition, to support something different in this specific instance?

Odd non sequitur but, yes, he very likely does.

In case you’re confused though, that is also not fascism, it’s paedophilia.

Did you read the entire article?

The committee called on Ocasio-Cortez to “make additional payments of personal funds to compensate for the fair market value of certain expenses.”

A spokesperson for Ocasio-Cortez said that the congresswoman intends to “remedy the remaining amounts.”

“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. She accepts the ruling and will remedy the remaining amounts, as she’s done at each step in this process,” her chief of staff Mike Casca said in a statement provided to CNN.

The House Ethics Committee is bipartisan and reviews matters referred to it by the Office of Congressional Ethics.

The Office of Congressional Ethics is “a nonpartisan, independent entity charged with reviewing allegations of misconduct against members of the House of Representatives and their staff and, when appropriate, referring matters to the United States House Committee on Ethics.

It’s also worth noting that “the OCE was created by House Resolution 895 of the 110th United States Congress in March 2008, 191 in the wake of across-the-board Democratic victories in the 2006 elections. It was created under the leadership of then-Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi as part of her effort to clean up what she called the “culture of corruption” in official Washington, which had garnered so much attention in the preceding congressional sessions.”

This specific incidence is less “fascism” and more “checks and balances working as intended”.