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Ilhan Omar has tried to walk back her scathing criticism of former president Barack Obama by tweeting a clip of her actual response to the reporter and accusing him of distorting her words, only to prove that he got it right.

Calling herself "an Obama fan," Omar claimed she was contrasting the former US leader with President Donald Trump, claiming the reporter had "distorted" her words deliberately.

The only problem? The clip she tweeted confirms the reporter got her words right. We hear Omar saying Democratic leaders have "conducted themselves within the system" in shameful ways - separating families at the border and drone-bombing countries around the world, just like Trump. She says Trump's policies are bad but that "many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies, they just were more polished than he was."

And the line that has everybody talking is there, crystal clear: "We don't want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile," Omar says.

The Politico reporter she'd accused of malicious misquotation, Tim Alberta, was quick to claim he'd been vindicated.

Ocasio-Cortez "improperly converted U.S. House resources to her non-official, personal use by obtaining an official '@mail.house.gov' e-mail address for her boyfriend, despite the fact he was not employed by her congressional office," the Coolidge-Reagan Foundation claimed in a complaint Thursday.

She also falsely designated her boyfriend, Riley Roberts, a "staff" member to help secure the address, the group noted. The Coolidge-Reagan Foundation's website champions itself as a first amendment watchdog group that defends, protects and advances "liberty."

News of the email address first appeared after political consultant Luke Thompson posted a screenshot of a House directory on Feb. 15 showing Roberts listed under "staff," alongside the email address and the phone number for Ocasio-Cortez's congressional office. The New York representative's chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, dismissed Thompson's insinuation that Robert is a paid staff member.

"He's not paid. We have no volunteers in the office. He's not doing any government work," Chakrabarti noted in a tweet responding to Thompson. "He can see her calendar just like spouses/partners/family members in other congressional office. Check your damn facts before you report bullshit. Lazy journos need to learn to do their jobs."

Screenshot of House Directory site showing Riley’s email address

The second complaint was filed by The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) Thursday and alleges Ocasio-Cortez's political Instagram account contains direct links to her House Instagram account and includes a link for political contributions, alongside posts of official video footage on the House floor. The group claims these actions violate House ethics rules.

House ethics rules prohibit lawmakers from using official resources for political purposes, the complaint notes. The rules also forbid a member from posting a link to her official social media site on a campaign social media site. She solicited donations on the page that used the video footage, according to FACT, a nonprofit group whose past president, Matthew Whitaker, served as President Donald Trump's acting attorney general in 2018 and 2019.

The three complaints came within days of each other. National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a conservative government watchdog, accused Ocasio-Cortez and Chakrabarti Tuesday of illegally funneling money between political action committees (PACs) and private companies that were both controlled by Chakrabarti.

NLPC claims the transfers from the PACs to the LLCs were part of an "extensive" plan to avoid reporting campaign expenditures to the FEC. Ocasio-Cortez, for part, denied violating campaign finance laws in response to the complaint. "There is no violation," Ocasio-Cortez told Fox News.

But she has not yet fully responded to a Daily Caller News Foundation report Wednesday showing that both Ocasio-Cortez and her chief of staff obtained majority control over the Justice Democrats PAC in 2017, despite the fact that the PAC was credited with being the central force behind her primary victory.

She never disclosed her control over the PAC, leaving open the possibility that they could face serious criminal charges if it is found that they intentionally withheld the ties from the FEC. Ocasio-Cortez's office has not yet responded to TheDCNF's request for comment about FACT's complaint.