The Federal Election Commission has been asked to investigate the expense paid by the campaign of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, a New York Democrat, of $19,000, for “personal psychiatric services.”
According to a complaint filed by the National legal and Policy Center, the spending was listed as “leadership training and consulting,” but the money went to Brian Boyle, a Boston psychiatrist, for those services, according to a report at Fox News.
“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 AOC or members of her campaign staff,” charged Paul Kamenar, of the NLPC. “Accordingly, those expenses were also misreported by the campaign committee with the FEC.”
He said, “NLPC requests that the FEC and OCC immediately investigate the facts and circumstances of these payments and impose appropriate penalties and disciplinary sanctions against AOC.”
The New York Democrat, formerly a bartender, has been on the edge of extremism throughout her few years in Congress. She’s complained that she’s not paid enough, she’s joined with other leftists to push the extremist agenda points of “the Squad” and more.
The NPLC’s recent complaint cites three payments totaling $18,725 to Boyle.
The report said, “Boyle is an ‘interventional psychiatrist’ who specializes in treating depression, PTSD, and anxiety, specifically through ketamine therapy.
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According to Federal Election Commission records, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign…
— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) March 21, 2026
#BREAKING! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez enraged after she was exposed for spending $19,000 in campaign cash on a “psychiatrist” who specializes in ketamine therapy:
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— Morse Report (@MorseReport) March 29, 2026
The complaint pointed out that, “Nowhere does Dr, Boyle advertise offering ‘Leadership Training’ or ‘consulting’ services to candidates or their campaign. Communications to Dr. Boyle and AOC’s campaign to comment on these expenditures went unanswered.”
The complaint cites both federal election law and House ethics guidelines in charging that campaign money is not allowed to be used for personal expenses.
It alleges the fees paid to a psychiatrist were not “bona fide campaign or political” expenses.
Years ago, the congresswoman admitted she was “doing therapy.”
