Overview

• The Ethics Committee found Ocasio-Cortez listed Riley Roberts as her “spouse” on Met Gala travel filings despite their engagement not amounting to legal marriage.
• By invoking the spouse exception, she obtained a $35,000 ticket for Roberts to the 2021 Met Gala without disclosing his financial interests.
• The panel ordered her to repay about $2,700 for dress and accessory underpayments and to donate $250 to the gala’s benefiting charity.
• Once those payments are completed, the committee will consider both the underpayment and classification investigation formally closed.
• The rebuke highlights tensions over federal gift rules and the requirement to disclose spouses’ financial holdings to prevent conflicts of interest.