Jayson Boebert rejects Wheeler’s allegations
Jayson BoebertFormer husband of Rep. Lauren Boebert, responding in a text exchange published by American Muckrakers
A screenshot published by American Muckrakers attributes to Jayson Boebert a text rejecting Wheeler's allegations and criticizing his sourcing.
“I think it is all a fairy tale made up propaganda. I don't believe any of that. Bad sources.”
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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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Wheeler's post publishes a screenshot of a text exchange it attributes to Jayson Boebert. The screenshot shows a question about the alleged relationship and payment, followed by a response rejecting the allegations. The screenshot documents the attributed response, not whether the allegations are true.
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Wheeler sent a draft of his report to a contact labeled Jayson Boebert and asked where the alleged $200,000 payment came from and whether he knew of the alleged relationship.
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Wheeler published the screenshot in his September 18 announcement of the complaint. Boebert and Navarro later gave their own denials to reporters.
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The screenshot attributed to Jayson Boebert records him calling the allegations made-up propaganda and saying he does not believe them. He explicitly denies Wheeler’s account; this classification does not establish who is right.
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Read the full caseWheeler asks for inquiry into the basis of Higgs's pay
“If that pay is tied to a family relationship rather than to the duties, it violates the House rule”Read statement
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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The Dispute Index. "Jayson Boebert rejects Wheeler’s allegations". First published: 2026-09-20. Last updated: 2026-09-21. https://disputeindex.com/events/1275-a-screenshot-published-by-american-muckrakers-attributes-to