Complaint Alleges AOC Misused $19,000 Campaign Funds for Therapy

A complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission and the Office of Congressional Conduct alleges that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., improperly used nearly $19,000 in campaign funds for personal psychiatric services in 2025, rather than the reported leadership training and consulting.

The National Legal and Policy Center, a nonprofit watchdog group, submitted the complaint on March 27, targeting Ocasio-Cortez, her campaign committee and its treasurer, Frank Llewellyn. It claims three payments totaling $18,725 were made to Dr. Brian W. Boyle, a Boston-based psychiatrist, on March 10, May 15 and Oct. 1, 2025. Federal Election Commission records list the expenditures as "leadership training and consulting." The filing argues these descriptions were inaccurate and that the funds supported therapeutic services for Ocasio-Cortez or her staff, violating federal election laws and House ethics rules that prohibit personal use of campaign money.

"NLPC alleges that AOC's expenditure of almost $19,000 of campaign funds in 2025 to psychiatrist Dr. Brian W. Boyle ostensibly for leadership training and consulting was expended instead for personal psychiatric services provided to...