Rep. Lauren Boebert issued a fierce message to members of the press who reported on allegations that she had sex with three current and former staffers.
“You all ran a smear [campaign] and called it news. Some sloppy, desperate, obsessive hack stamps ‘Under Oath’ on a fake filing so you’ll write ‘Penalty of Perjury’ in the headline. That’s the whole freaking trick, it’s a scam and you fell for it,” the Colorado representative, 39, said in an X video on Sunday, September 20. “No member of congress certified in writing that his solicitous BS attack was made in good faith and warrants review as required by Ethics, and it’s evident that you didn’t even bother to look up House Ethics Committee rules that clearly state that the Committee can’t even accept a complaint filed inside 60 days of an election.”
The video was shared after a spokesperson for Boebert told Us one day prior that allegations lodged against her are “utterly false” amid an alleged House Ethics Committee complaint. “There is no truth to them [the allegations] whatsoever,” the spokesperson told Us on Saturday, September 16. “This is nothing more than a politically motivated stunt designed to manipulate the ethics process, create headlines, smear her, and generate clickbait.”
Boebert’s X video continued, “Ethics isn’t even allowed to accept this garbage. Yet, all of you, were more than willing to. Nobody in your newsroom checked the rulebook before they put my team’s names in your stories. Their photos are everywhere now and they are under attack because of your laziness.”
The Colorado Times Recorder reported last week that American Muckrakers’ David Wheeler submitted a sworn statement about Boebert’s alleged misconduct with three of Boebert’s staffers — two female and one male — to the House Committee on Ethics. The reporting alleged that Boebert previously arranged a $200,000 hush money payment to prevent one staffer from filing their own ethics complaint.
Boebert’s X video addressed Wheeler specifically. “You are all aware that this is coming from the same desperate hack CNN caught in 2022 publishing a photo of another woman as me and also failing to prove a host of other lies that he’s created about me,” she said. “You ran the story anyway. This is more filthy garbage that reaches beyond me. This reaches into the homes of people who have dedicated years of service to Coloradans alongside me. I know that you’re more than willing to attack me and shame my household but this is different and you crossed a line.”
Wheeler and Boebert have been engaged in a four-year feud, with multiple threats of legal action lodged over the period.
Boebert continued, “I hope you think about the impact that this could have on them and their families, the next time you rush to print, without doing a little bit of research. So, while you sit back and think of how you can do your jobs better, I’m going to continue serving Colorado’s 4th district. I hate to spoil the fan fiction but ya’ll need to do better.”
She concluded her video with a message to the folks who have supported her throughout the scandal. “To the people who have had my back, thank you and I hope you see how desperate these fools are to get me out of office,” she said. “And I’ve got to say just one more thing, before I sign off here, to the rest of ya’ll: No, I’m not hiring.”
An Ethics complaint would put Boebert at risk of serious consequences due to the House Code of Official Conduct strictly prohibiting representatives from having intimate or sexual relationships with staff members who work directly under them. Boebert has represented Colorado’s 4th district since January 2025, having previously served the state’s 3rd congressional district.
