U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is challenging as “blatantly false” claims by a left-leaning political action committee that she once worked as a paid escort, and had one of two abortions as a result of it.
The Silt Republican who is facing a primary challenge this month against state Sen. Don Coram, R-Montrose, sent a warning letter Wednesday to the American Muckrakers PAC, the same group that helped tank U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s GOP primary bid in North Carolina last month.
That committee has since turned its attention to Boebert, promising to reveal scandalous information about the first-term congresswoman.
Last week, it claimed that Boebert committed tax fraud and money laundering, saying she used campaign money to pay off $20,000 in state liens against her business, Shooter’s Grill in Rifle, an allegation that the Colorado Attorney General’s Office confirmed it is looking into.
Earlier this week, however, its attacks on Boebert got more salacious, claiming that she was an unregistered escort with SugarDaddyMeet.com, and met a member of the Koch family in Aspen, where she was introduced to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who later donated money to her political campaign, a claim that got international attention.
“Boebert had an abortion at a clinic in Grand Junction, Colorado, sometime in 2004 or 2005 when she was approximately 18 years old,” the group said in a press release. “It is not known whether this abortion was related to SugarDaddyMeet.com clients or someone else....
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