Lauren Boebert denies relationships with congressional staff
Lauren BoebertU.S. representative for Colorado's 4th district; speaking directly to Sources Say News
Boebert told Sources Say News that she had never been in an inappropriate relationship or been sexually involved with staff, denying Wheeler's allegations about staff relationships.
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Rep. Lauren Boebert engaged in sexual relationships with three House employees she supervised.
“I have never, ever been in any inappropriate relationship, nor have I ever been sexually involved with any staff”
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Did Lauren Boebert have prohibited relationships with staff or misuse official or campaign funds?
David B. Wheeler publicly released a complaint dated September 17, 2026 alleging that Rep. Lauren Boebert had prohibited relationships with supervised employees and misused official or campaign funds. Former district director Clarice Navarro Ratzlaff denied the allegations involving her. Boebert denied inappropriate or sexual relationships with staff, and an unnamed representative rejected the complaint's allegations more broadly. The House Ethics Committee has not publicly confirmed accepting or investigating the submission, which falls within its 60-day preelection complaint window.
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Juliegrace Brufke's original report attributes a direct denial of inappropriate or sexual relationships with staff to Rep. Lauren Boebert. The quoted denial concerns the alleged relationships.
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Wheeler released a complaint alleging that Boebert had sexual relationships with three supervised employees. Clarice Navarro Ratzlaff had denied the allegations involving her.
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An unnamed representative for Boebert later told TMZ that the complaint's allegations were false and politically motivated.
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Boebert says she has never had an inappropriate or sexual relationship with staff, explicitly denying the alleged staff relationships. She does not address the separate payment allegation in this statement.
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David B. Wheeler says he committed no crime and calls Boebert's perjury accusation a threat dressed up as a press release
“Boebert didn't answer the records. She answered by accusing me of a crime. Her official House press release was published on a taxpayer-funded government website says I "likely committed perjury and broke a federal law." Read that again: a sitting member of Congress used her official office to accuse a private citizen of a federal crime, in writing, on a .gov domain paid for by the public. I committed no crime. My complaint is sworn under 28 U.S.C. § 1746, the standard federal perjury exposure for a false statement, and it asks the Ethics Committee to do its job and investigate. That's not a rebuttal. That's a threat dressed up as a press release.”Read statement
David B. Wheeler says his Boebert complaint is built on House disbursement records, FEC filings, text messages and named sources who gave written statements
“On September 17, I filed a sworn ethics complaint against Rep. Lauren Boebert with the House Ethics Committee. It isn't built on rumor. It's built on House disbursement records, FEC filings, text messages, and named sources who gave written statements.”Read statement
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