David B. Wheeler says his two sources would testify and their statements were provided to the House Ethics Committee
David B. WheelerComplainant and president of American Muckrakers, speaking to CBS Colorado
CBS Colorado reported that Wheeler says an ex-husband of one of the staff members is one of his sources for the complaint. Wheeler told CBS Colorado that both of his sources are ready and willing to testify under oath and provide receipts without a subpoena, and that both of their statements are in his possession and were provided to the House Committee on Ethics.
“Both sources are ready and willing to testify under oath and provide receipts without subpoena. Both statements are in my possession and were provided to the House Committee on Ethics.”
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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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CBS Colorado reports that Boebert supplied a signed copy of a temporary protection order requiring Wheeler to avoid contact with her and stay at least 100 yards away. The same report quotes Wheeler saying that two sources have given statements and would testify, says Jace Ratzlaff, the ex-husband of one of the staffers, told CBS Colorado he is not one of Wheeler's sources, and describes a polygraph examination that Ratzlaff says he took voluntarily, administered by examiner Stephen Daniels of Proof Positive Testing. The structured page data gives September 24 at 8:02 p.m. Mountain time as the publication time; the page body shows an October 1 update.
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CBS Colorado reported that a Weld County judge had granted Boebert a temporary protection order against Wheeler, who lives in North Carolina and says he filed the ethics complaint with the House Committee on Ethics.
After the quotation
CBS Colorado reported that Ratzlaff says he is not one of Wheeler's sources and that he took a polygraph test to show he is not. We could not locate a public House Ethics Committee confirmation that it received any statements as of October 6, 2026.
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The case concerns alleged prohibited staff relationships and misuse of official or campaign funds. Wheeler maintains the complaint's allegations and says two sources would testify and that their statements were provided to the House Ethics Committee, which he offers in support of the allegations. His statement gives no names and presents none of the statements, and CBS Colorado reports no confirmation from the Committee. Jace Ratzlaff, the ex-husband of a staffer, told CBS Colorado he is not one of Wheeler's sources.
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Correction to: Statement by David B. Wheeler
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- The title said David B. Wheeler "says his two sources gave statements to the House Ethics Committee and would testify."
- Corrected language
- The title now says David B. Wheeler says his two sources would testify and their statements were provided to the House Ethics Committee.
Wheeler's quoted words say the statements were provided to the Committee without saying who provided them. The title and rationale made the sources the senders. The rationale now also states that Wheeler offers the statements in support of the allegations, that he names no sources and that CBS Colorado reports no Committee confirmation, and the context notes that we could not locate one.
This corrects our account of what happened.
CBS Colorado reports that Boebert supplied a signed copy of a temporary protection order requiring Wheeler to avoid contact with her and stay at least 100 yards away. The same report quotes Wheeler saying that two sources have given statements and would testify, says Jace Ratzlaff, the ex-husband of one of the staffers, told CBS Colorado he is not one of Wheeler's sources, and describes a polygraph examination that Ratzlaff says he took voluntarily, administered by examiner Stephen Daniels of Proof Positive Testing. The structured page data gives September 24 at 8:02 p.m. Mountain time as the publication time; the page body shows an October 1 update.
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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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