Overview
- The National Legal and Policy Center, which filed its complaint Friday, asked the FEC and the Office of Congressional Conduct to investigate payments from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign to a psychiatrist.
- FEC records show three 2025 disbursements to Dr. Brian Boyle totaling $18,725 that the campaign listed as leadership training and consulting.
- Boyle is an interventional psychiatrist associated with ketamine treatments, a detail the complaint cites to question whether the services were therapeutic rather than campaign-related.
- The watchdog alleges the expenses were misreported and requests an OCC referral to the House Ethics Committee, which can subpoena witnesses and impose sanctions.
- Regulators have not announced findings, the complaint itself does not prove wrongdoing, and Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign had not responded to media questions as of Monday.