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But Ocasio-Cortez, who confirmed in May 2022 that she was engaged, remains unmarried to Roberts, according to her spokeswoman.
“They are not legally married,” Lauren Hitt, a rep for the “Squad” member, told the Free Beacon. “House Ethics has commonly recognized the term ‘spouse’ to extend to long-term partners.”
In fact, the House Ethics Manual states that a “spouse” listed in disclosure forms must be someone to whom a member is “legally married.” Under the ethics rules, AOC would have been expected to disclose Roberts’ financial information.
The Bronx and Queens lawmaker referred to Roberts as her “spouse” while describing their travels to Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Italy, according to legal filings to the House Ethics Committee first reported Wednesday by the Washington Free Beacon.
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), 33, flew to the Far East in January on a trip sponsored by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation and to South America in August for a visit sponsored by liberal billionaire George Soros’ Foundation to Promote Open Society.
https://nypost.com/2023/09/13/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-says-shes-married-in-disclosure-forms-docs/Roberts paid his own way on both trips, both trip sponsors confirmed to the Free Beacon.
In August 2022, the pol also footed the bill for a week-long vacation in Venice, Italy, with her fiancé — and was sponsored as a guest at an art conference hosted by a Los Angeles-based charity during that time.