Rep. Lauren Boebert Accused of Having Sexual Relationships with Three Staffers

Rep. Lauren Boebert is facing a new ethics complaint containing allegations that she had sexual relationships with three current or former congressional staff members. The allegations were made by David B. Wheeler, founder of American Muckrakers, who says he filed a sworn complaint with the U.S. House Committee on Ethics on September 17. The organization publicly released details of the complaint the following day.

The complaint names Clarice Navarro, Raven Finegan and Jeffrey Small, all of whom have held senior positions in Boebert’s congressional operation. The initial report said the alleged conduct involved employees who worked under Boebert’s supervision. Boebert has since strongly denied the accusations.

Lauren Boebert has had affairs with three of her staff members.

Clarice Navarro.

Raven Finegan.

Jeffrey Small.

She had a threesome with Matt Gaetz & Clarice Navarro.

There are text messages, bank records, court documents, and recorded conversations. pic.twitter.com/h4WchrSQQW

— Evan (@daviddunn177) September 19, 2026

A representative for the Colorado Republican told TMZ, “Congresswoman Lauren Boebert rejects these allegations as utterly false and there is no truth to them whatsoever.” Her office additionally characterized the complaint as politically motivated and intended to generate damaging headlines.

Navarro, who served as Boebert’s district director from January 2021 until January 2025, has also denied the claims involving her.

“These allegations regarding me are entirely false, defamatory, and beyond ridiculous,” Navarro told the Colorado Times Recorder. She said there was no truth to the accusations.

Navarro is at the center of several of the most serious allegations contained in the complaint.

American Muckrakers claims its sources have knowledge of an alleged relationship between Boebert and Navarro and says information provided to the organization includes references to text messages, financial records, court documents and recorded conversations. Those materials have not, by themselves, established the allegations as fact.

The complaint alleges the relationship occurred at various locations while Navarro worked for Boebert, including the district office, hotels and a vehicle for which mileage reimbursements were reportedly claimed.

The complaint also points to Navarro’s compensation while working for the congressional office. According to the filing, she received approximately $449,391 in House pay over four years, along with roughly $30,650 in year-end bonuses.

The existence of compensation and bonuses does not establish misconduct. The complaint specifically alleges, however, that the bonuses were connected to the purported personal relationship rather than Navarro’s government work. That claim remains disputed.

American Muckrakers also alleges that Navarro received a $5,000 campaign payment in July 2022 that was reported as fundraising consulting. The group claims the payment was improperly characterized, an allegation contained in its ethics filing.

Another major allegation involves an approximately $200,000 payment that the complaint claims was made around March 2025, after Navarro had left Boebert’s office.

According to American Muckrakers, Navarro allegedly indicated that she planned to file an ethics complaint, after which the roughly $200,000 payment was allegedly arranged to prevent the matter from moving forward.

The complaint states that the source of the alleged $200,000 has not been established publicly. Navarro’s denial disputes the broader accusations surrounding her.

The filing also contains an allegation about a confrontation between Navarro and Boebert at Hooch Aspen, a Colorado cocktail bar associated with Quinn Gallagher.

Sources cited by American Muckrakers claimed the two became involved in a physical argument after Navarro allegedly became upset over Boebert interacting with Gallagher. The organization further claimed that video of the alleged incident may exist, although it said it was still trying to obtain the footage. No such video was presented in the original report.

Another allegation in the complaint involves former Rep. Matt Gaetz.

A source cited by American Muckrakers alleged that Boebert, Navarro and Gaetz participated in a sexual encounter together. Gaetz publicly responded to that claim with a challenge for any purported evidence to be released.

“I am requesting that anyone with video of me in this alleged ‘threesome’ release said evidence IMMEDIATELY!” Gaetz wrote. “Unedited, please.”

The complaint separately alleges that Boebert had relationships with Finegan, identified in the report as her district chief of staff, and Small, who served as her chief of staff from 2021 until 2025.

It states that Small received roughly $767,892 in taxpayer-funded salary during his employment and later received a $10,000 campaign payment. Again, the compensation itself is not evidence that a prohibited relationship occurred; the complaint attempts to connect those financial records to its broader allegations.

Boebert’s former husband, Jayson Boebert, also pushed back against the claims in messages published by American Muckrakers.

“It is all a fairy tale made up propaganda,” he said, while also accusing the organization of relying on “bad sources.”

Boebert filed for divorce from Jayson Boebert in April 2023, stating in court filings that their marriage was “irretrievably broken.” The divorce predates the current ethics complaint and does not substantiate the new allegations.

The complaint could raise a House ethics issue if any alleged relationships with supervised employees were substantiated.

House Rule XXIII states that a member of Congress may not engage in a sexual relationship with a House employee working under that member’s supervision, except when the two people are married.

That distinction is important because the ethics question is not simply whether a consensual relationship occurred. The rule specifically addresses relationships involving members and employees they supervise.

The House Ethics Committee accepts information and formal complaints concerning potential violations by current House members, officers and employees. However, the committee notes that confidentiality rules generally prevent it from disclosing the status of a particular submission.

As of September 19, the committee’s publicly available press-release archive did not show an announcement that it had formally opened an investigation into Boebert over these particular allegations. A complaint being submitted therefore should not be confused with a committee finding that wrongdoing occurred.

That principle has been emphasized by the Ethics Committee in previous cases. When announcing investigations, the committee has specifically cautioned that opening a review does not itself establish that a violation occurred.

There are also questions surrounding the source of the allegations.

Colorado Times Recorder noted that Wheeler and American Muckrakers previously published allegations about Boebert in 2022 that included errors. Wheeler later acknowledged that some of the earlier work was “sloppy,” while continuing to defend other aspects of his reporting.

Boebert subsequently threatened legal action over those earlier accusations, although she did not ultimately file the threatened lawsuit. Wheeler later sued Boebert over statements she made about him, and that dispute was eventually settled under undisclosed terms.

Those previous disputes do not determine whether the allegations in the new complaint are true or false, but they provide relevant background concerning the long-running conflict between Boebert and Wheeler.

Breitbart reported that it contacted Boebert’s congressional office while preparing its original story but had not received a response by publication time.

Boebert’s subsequent statement to TMZ now provides her response: she categorically denies the allegations and contends the complaint is an attempt by a longtime political adversary to damage her reputation.

For now, the central accusations remain allegations contained in a privately initiated ethics complaint. Boebert and Navarro have denied them, Gaetz has challenged one of the more sensational claims, and there has been no publicly announced House Ethics Committee finding establishing that the alleged conduct occurred.