[["accepting impermissable gifts related to attendance at the Met Gala in 2021","The House Office of Congressional Ethics found \"substantial reason to believe\" that Ocasio-Cortez accepted impermissible gifts associated with her attendance at the Met Gala in 2021, which she paid for after the investigation began. In 2025, the House Committee on Ethics [published its report finding that while Ocasio-Cortez tried to accurately assess the value of the items received and pay in advance, the amounts were too low and she was assessed to owe additonal sums to the vendors involved](https://ethics.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Committee-Report-20250725-Rep.-Ocasio-Cortez-1.pdf).","ethics resolved"],["arrested at a protest at the Capitol","Ocasio-Cortez was arrested at a protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building on July, 19 2022. The same month the Committee published a committee report indicating they will pay a $50 fine.","crime resolved"]]