A formal ethics complaint has been filed against Rep. Lauren Boebert, alleging that she engaged in inappropriate sexual relationships with three staff members, including two women. The complaint was submitted under oath, highlighting serious concerns regarding her conduct in office.
Wheeler on behalf of American Muckrakers to the House Ethics Committee on September 17, identifies the alleged relationships as involving former District Director Clarice Navarro Ratzlaff, District Chief of Staff Raven Finegan, and former Chief of Staff Jeffrey Small. The grievance referenced a 2018 regulation that banned romantic relationships between members and their employees. This regulation was put in place in February 2018 following a string of troubling harassment incidents on Capitol Hill, according to Raw Story. The committee relied on this rule to initiate its 2019 ethics investigation concerning former Rep. The document also references approximately $449,000 in compensation along with an additional $200,000 given to her following her departure. The $200,000 was specifically transferred in March 2025, following Ratzlaff’s resignation and her notification to Boebert that she intended to file her own ethics complaint. The complaint further alleges that Boebert orchestrated the $200,000 payment as a way to discourage Ratzlaff from submitting that complaint, according to Colorado Times Recorder. As Boebert rejected the allegations, Wheeler took to American Muckrakers official X handle and targetted the politician, saying: “Our response to @LaurenBoebert@RepBoebert denial of our story about her sexual relationship with 2 female and 1 male staffer, paying $200K in hush money, and giving an ex lover a 5 month no work, ghost job. “We stand 100% by our story and sources.
Representative Boebert’s team firmly pushed back against the claims, dismissing them as “utterly false” and and calling Wheeler’s filing as a politically driven smear effort by an activist. “Pls sue me”. “We’ll have more on this story and new details on Monday,” he concluded.
The complaint, submitted by David B. Katie Hill. David Wheeler is an American political activist who leads American Muckrakers, a political action committee ( PAC ). he’s the one who submitted a sworn ethics complaint to the U.S While he holds no position with the House Ethics Committee itself. House Committee on Ethics targeting Representative Lauren Boebert. Wheeler insists that he remains confident in his sources and the legitimacy of the complaint. The complaint outlines encounters that took place in Ratzlaff’s office, inside a campaign-funded vehicle, and within hotel rooms covered by campaign finances. Boebert’s team has yet to provide a response to the publication’s request for comment. Ratzlaff has characterized the claims as “entirelyfalse and defamatory. “Lauren Boebert’s actions speak a lot louder than her words. He went on to say that Boebert “has a problem telling the truth and taking responsibility for her actions. Read the full story and the complaint and ask yourself, why would I perjure myself over this person and risk a criminal trial? I live with three school-age children and would never risk my freedom or their futures. In the post, Wheeler even mentioned that he is ready to face Boebert or any other person, who thinks that he is lying for political gains, in court.
