Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert has been accused of illegally spending $60,000 on campaign calls and texts in the run-up to November's midterm election.
According to the FEC filing, seen exclusively by Newsweek, Boebert, her campaign Lauren Boebert For Colorado, We The People Leadership PAC and Taylor Moose, her PAC and campaign treasurer, are accused of failing to accurately report communications as independent expenditures or in-kind contributions on their reports filed with the Commission.
Prior to the midterms, Frisch's campaign was considered a longshot in the predominantly Republican district, which Boebert had carried by 9 percent when she first won office in 2020.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2023.
Boebert has been accused of breaking federal election law in her 2022 reelection campaign.
"Congresswoman Boebert used her leadership PAC as a personal bank but, unfortunately for her, this practice is illegal under federal law," End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller told Newsweek.
The FEC should launch an investigation into this corrupt scheme and hold Congresswoman Boebert accountable.". »