Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Lauren Boebert says claims of sexual relationships with staffers ‘utterly false’

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Republican congresswoman rejects ethics complaint and says allegations part of ‘politically motivated’ hit campaign</p><p>Lauren Boebert, the firebrand Republican subject of a House ethics <a href="https://media.coloradotimesrecorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Boebert_Complaint_REDACTED_For_Publication_Redacted.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">complaint</a> that she had sex with three staff members, and paid one to keep quiet, has said the allegations are untrue – and part of a “politically motivated” campaign against her.</p><p>Boebert’s denials came through a <a href="https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-boebert-there-zero-truth-these-house-ethics-committee-allegations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">formal statement</a> from her office, which said “the congresswoman rejects the claims as utterly false”. She also published a verbose <a href="https://x.com/laurenboebert/status/2101808327558881750" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">video rant</a> on social media in which she accused the person who filed the document as a “sloppy, desperate, obsessive hack” – and journalists who reported the story as falling victim to a “scam”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/21/lauren-boebert-sexual-relationships-ethics-complaint" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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