Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is facing a probe from Colorado’s attorney general’s office after a complaint was filed against her over alleged fraud related to her 2020 Congressional run.
the group that successfully targeted controversial Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) filed a complaint against Boebert alleging she “inflated the mileage she logged on the campaign trail in 2020 and then used more than $20,000 in reimbursements from donors to pay off years of tax liens on her restaurant.”
The deputy Colorado attorney general for criminal justice, Janet Drake, has since confirmed to David B. Wheeler of the American Muckrakers PAC, that both her office and Colorado’s Department of Revenue and Department of Labor and Employment will “investigate the issue.”
While Boebert’s district, Colorado 3, is one of the larger districts geographically in the country, comprising the entire western slope of the state, her mileage claim strains credibility – to put it mildly.
“Boebert would have had to drive 36,870 miles in just over seven months between April 1 and Nov. 11 to justify the second payment,” notes the Denver Post, adding that “Boebert’s reimbursements to herself in one year eclipse her predecessor’s reimbursements over 10 years.”