AOC's brother is forced to deny link to huge fentanyl crime

The brother of New York Rep. was forced to publicly shut down a circulating rumor claiming he was at the center of a fentanyl trafficking scheme.

Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez, 32, took to to respond to a video spreading a bizarre claim - that AOC's brother, wrongly named as 'Matthew' in the allegation, had been arrested on Lake Superior after US Coast Guards caught him in possession of $1.2 million worth of fentanyl.

As the actual brother of the Congresswoman, Gabriel quickly squashed the viral lie, duetting the creator's post with a pointed caption that read: 'don't make me sue'.

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