Boebert's office says there is no truth to the allegations and that Wheeler likely committed perjury
Lauren BoebertU.S. representative for Colorado's 4th district, in a press release from her congressional office
In a revised press release from her congressional office, Rep. Lauren Boebert said she rejects the allegations as "utterly false" and that she has "never had a sexual relationship or an inappropriate romantic relationship with any member of my staff." The release also says Wheeler "also likely committed perjury and broke a federal law" when he certified his filing under penalty of perjury, and that the filing should not be treated as an investigation under House Ethics Committee Rule 15.
“I reject these baseless allegations as utterly false and there is no truth to them whatsoever. I have never had a sexual relationship or an inappropriate romantic relationship with any member of my staff—past or present. ... David Wheeler also likely committed perjury and broke a federal law when he certified under penalty of perjury that his lies were the truth and acknowledged that "knowingly making false statements to the Committee may violate federal law, including 18 U.S.C. § 1001."”
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Other statements by Lauren Boebert in this case
- Lauren Boebert denies relationships with congressional staffEarlier: Denied
- Boebert representative rejects ethics complaint allegationsEarlier: Denied
- Lauren Boebert calls coverage of the ethics complaint a smearEarlier: Denied
Where this statement fits
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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The congressional office's revised release. The page keeps the original publication time of 8:49 p.m. EDT on September 20, 2026 and shows a last-modified time of 6:52 p.m. EDT on September 22. It replaces the September 20 version, which attributed its statement to a spokesperson and does not contain the sentence about perjury; that version is saved as an archive copy of its old address, which now redirects here. The revised release is issued in Boebert's name and quotes her directly.
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Boebert’s congressional office rejects the complaint’s allegations, describes the filing as politically motivated, and discusses the House Ethics Committee’s complaint procedures. Those procedural and factual characterizations are attributed to the office, not treated as a committee determination.
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Boebert's office first issued a release on September 20 that attributed its denial to a spokesperson. The page's last-modified time is 6:52 p.m. EDT on September 22, and the earlier address now redirects to the revised release.
After the quotation
The perjury sentence appears in the release's Background section, outside the quotation marks around Boebert's statement. The release also cites a June 2022 CNN fact-check of earlier American Muckrakers claims and describes how Wheeler's earlier federal defamation suit against Boebert ended. Those are the office's characterizations.
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Why this label?
The case concerns alleged prohibited staff relationships and misuse of official or campaign funds. Boebert says the allegations are utterly false and that she has never had a sexual or inappropriate romantic relationship with staff, so we labeled it Denied. The closest competing label is Challenged the characterization, because the release also calls the filing a politically motivated stunt; it does not fit because Boebert directly says the allegations are untrue. The release also accuses Wheeler of perjury over his filing. That accusation is about the filing and does not change the label.
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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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