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A sworn House Ethics complaint accuses Lauren Boebert of having inappropriate relationships with three staffers—and paying one of them $200,000 to keep quiet.

Lauren Boebert has long cast herself as a “family values” crusader.

Now, she’s facing a sworn complaint accusing the Trump-endorsed Colorado congresswoman of having inappropriate sexual relationships with three staffers and paying one of them $200,000 to keep quiet.

Boebert says the allegations are “utterly false.”

The complaint, filed Thursday, Sept. 17, accused Boebert of inappropriate sexual relationships with three separate staffers and of paying one of them $200,000 to keep quiet about it. The allegations have not been independently substantiated.

A spokesperson for Boebert said the allegations were “utterly false” and there was “no truth to them whatsoever.”

“This is nothing more than a politically motivated stunt designed to manipulate the ethics process, create headlines, smear her, and generate clickbait,” they said.

“They come from an activist who has long recycled sensational claims, including numerous baseless accusations previously fact-checked as false.”

The strongly worded denial comes after Boebert broke her silence in an interview published Saturday with Capitol Hill reporter Juliegrace Brufke. Boebert categorically denied the claims.

“Well, I’m not a lesbian or bisexual, and I have never, ever been in any inappropriate relationship, nor have I ever been sexually involved with any staff,”...

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