Lauren Boebert denies ethics complaint alleging staff affairs and $200,000 payment

Rep. Lauren Boebert is denying a sworn ethics complaint alleging sexual relationships with three congressional staffers and a $200,000 payment to one aide, calling the claims "utterly false." The complaint, filed September 17 by David Wheeler of American Muckrakers with the House Ethics Committee, names Clarice Navarro Ratzlaff, Raven Finegan, and Jeffrey Small. Boebert's representative called it a politically motivated stunt, and Navarro Ratzlaff also denied the allegations. The House Ethics Committee has not established the allegations as fact. The complaint cites House rules barring sexual relationships with supervised employees, and parts of the document remain redacted, limiting independent verification.