AOC Accused of Masking Therapy as $19K Campaign Expense
“There is reason to believe that AOC’s use of campaign funds to pay for a psychiatrist who has no experience in ‘leadership training.’”
A government watchdog has filed a complaint accusing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) of misusing campaign funds, pointing to nearly $19,000 in payments to a psychiatrist that were reported as “leadership training and consulting.”
The National Legal and Policy Center submitted the complaint against the congresswoman to both the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC), detailing three payments in 2025 totaling $18,725 to Boston-based psychiatrist Dr. Brian W. Boyle.
Those payments were disclosed as campaign expenses. The complaint argues the label does not match what was actually provided.
“There is reason to believe that AOC’s use of campaign funds to pay for a psychiatrist who has no experience in ‘leadership training’ was not for a ‘bona fide campaign or political purpose,’ but rather for personal psychiatric therapy.”
Federal law bars campaign funds from being used for personal expenses. The complaint points to the “irrespective test,” which asks whether the expense would exist even if the individual were not a candidate. It argues that psychiatric treatment meets that standard if it is personal care.
The filing also focuses on Boyle’s practice. He describes himself as an “interventional psychiatrist” treating depression, PTSD, and anxiety, including through ketamine-based therapies. Nothing in that profile suggests campaign consulting.
“Thus, while AOC’s campaign reported that the $19,000 expenditure was ostensibly used for ‘leadership training,’ there is reason to believe that Dr. Brian Boyle’s psychiatric services were for therapeutic treatment.”
Ocasio-Cortez has previously spoken about seeking therapy after the Jan. 6 riot, describing the experience as traumatic, and the complaint points to those statements as context for why the services may have been personal rather than campaign-related.
The watchdog group is asking regulators to investigate and impose penalties if violations are found. The Office of Congressional Conduct could also refer the matter to the House Ethics Committee, which has the authority to subpoena witnesses and pursue disciplinary action. The dispute centers on how those payments were labeled.
The filings call it leadership training. The complaint says it was therapy.
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She can get the needed therapy for free. Just clip a set of jumper cables from a car battery to her ears.
Perhaps simpler – a fork into electric toaster (aka powered leadership training and consulting machine).
I’m surprised her federal health insurance wouldn’t have just covered this expense anyway.
AOC probably avoided her insurance because then, it would’ve indicated something more than phony “Consulting” services.
Much better than the Ovomitcare they foisted on the commoners.
Nothing like showing that you’re “of the people” when you spend 19K on psychiatric counseling.
I thought for a moment there was something called “masking therapy.”
AOC mentally ill?
Well knock me over with a feather. I would never have guessed. She seems so well grounded.
Liberalism being the mental disorder that it is, AOC is it’s poster child.
Still, as one of millions of nutcases, she’s harmless of her own accord. The real problem is the people who keep her in power by voting for her.
And the “Justice Democrats” for giving her such bad lines to read…not that she understands them.
No doubt she needed a psychiatrist … but that should come from her own pocket.
She’s a weak, not so intelligent person pretending to be a strong, intellect. It’s a tough act. Her type is now commonplace. She will go as far as her performances take her and she will keep accusing others of corruption.
ALL psychiatrists are “interventional” psychiatrists, otherwise they’re just bumps on a log. The one she is visiting specializes in hallucinogenic therapy, an approach that remains dubious at this point. AOC appears to be just diverting and possibly misusing campaign funds for a high.
They can “adjust” her brainwaves but they cannot fix her “stupid.”
Traumatized by Jan 6. Uh huh. She’s been reading her own press clippings again. Ashli Babbit wasn’t available for comment.
She shouldn’t just mask illegal deductions. Mask the horse face.
You know, I’m going to stand far on the other side here.
For AOC, therapy is a necessary campaign expense.
Every dollar she gives to Brian Boyle is a dollar she doesn’t give to Marc Elias.
If she gets enough proper therapy, she may well stop running for office entirely.
I’m going to allow it. Get all the shrinkage you need, Sandy. Making your groupies pay for it is simple “Social Justice.”
Veterans, Police, First Responders and Federal Agents all legitimately can suffer from PTSD. None of them are using “ketamine therapy” prescribed by a Doctor to cope. Ketamine is what caused the death of Matthew Perry. His Do Otto was just found guilty of over prescribing ketamine. AOC’s fiancé/boyfriend has made millions from insider trading that she has been hiding through false reporting. She has more than enough money to pay her own way, but like a good communist she makes others pay for her treatment.
Too bad lobotomies are no longer performed. That would solve a lot.
OK, Pussy Party, what are you going to do about it????