AOC Hit With Ethics Violation Over Benefits for Listing Her Fiancé as Spouse

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is under fire from the House Committee on Ethics for misrepresenting her fiancé, Riley Roberts, as both her “spouse” and “non-spouse” on official filings.

As a result, he’s been able to receive perks reserved exclusively for congressional spouses. The duo has been engaged since 2022, but hasn’t married. 

The Ethics Committee’s July 2025 report revealed that Ocasio-Cortez listed Roberts as her “spouse” on travel documents related to her controversial appearance at the 2021 Met Gala, despite not being legally married to him.

 

 

 

“The Committee further notes that at the same time Representative Ocasio-Cortez was seeking to take advantage of exceptions to the Gift Rule only applicable to spouses and/or certain relatives, she was not disclosing Mr. Roberts’s financial interests,” the committee wrote.

One of the benefits Roberts received was a congressional spouse pin, giving him access to restricted areas of the Capitol. The committee confirmed that Roberts had received the pin as early as 2019, shortly after Ocasio-Cortez was sworn in, and years before they were even engaged.

According to the Daily Mail:

 

Once the congresswoman pays an additional $2,700 to vendors for the clothing and accessories, the investigation will be considered closed, the ethics panel wrote in its July 2025 report. They noted she's been cooperative in the probe.

AOC's shielding of her longtime partner from federal disclosures means its unclear if Roberts has any stock investments in companies from the Democrat's district, or if he has any investments at all. This comes as the 35-year-old Democrat has been pushing for a congressional stock trading ban that would also bar congressional spouses from trading. 

 

This is, of course, hardly surprising behavior from a socialist.