{"id":45122,"date":"2021-08-19T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/colorados-boebert-discloses-husbands-work-for-energy-firm\/"},"modified":"2021-08-19T17:28:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:28:00","slug":"colorados-boebert-discloses-husbands-work-for-energy-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/colorados-boebert-discloses-husbands-work-for-energy-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado\u2019s Boebert discloses husband\u2019s work for energy firm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., speaks at a news conference July 29 held by members of the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boebert has disclosed that her husband worked as consultant for an energy firm during her run for Congress last year. Boebert made the disclosure in her personal financial filing this week with the House of Representatives. (Andrew Harnik\/Associated Press file)<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Colorado\u2019s Boebert discloses husband\u2019s work for energy firm<\/p>\n\n

DENVER \u2013 Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert\u2019s husband made $478,000 last year working as a consultant for an energy firm, information that was not disclosed during Boebert\u2019s congressional campaign and only reported in her financial disclosure forms filed this week.<\/p>\n

In paperwork filed with the House of Representatives on Tuesday, the Republican congresswoman reported that her husband, Jayson Boebert, received the money as a consultant to Terra Energy Productions in 2020, and earned $460,000 as a consultant for the firm in 2019.<\/p>\n

Boebert did not report the income last year, when she stunned the political world by ousting incumbent Rep. Scott Tipton during the GOP primary in Colorado\u2019s sprawling 3rd District, which stretches from ski resorts to energy-rich basins in the state\u2019s west. Boebert went on to win the general election in the Republican-leaning district.<\/p>\n

Ethics and campaign finance laws require candidates and members of Congress to disclose sources of their immediate family\u2019s income, along with major investments and assets, to let voters evaluate potential conflicts of interest. Boebert has been a defender of the energy industry, which is active in her district.<\/p>\n

Boebert\u2019s disclosure of additional household income came as the Federal Elections Commission this week asked her campaign for information about a series of campaign transactions. The FEC sought explanation of why the campaign sent Boebert $6,000 via Venmo in four separate transactions on May 3 and June 3. The campaign told the FEC the transactions were errors and have been refunded.<\/p>\n

In her previous filing, Boebert reported her income as coming from a gun-themed restaurant she and her husband run in Rifle and an affiliated smokehouse. Boebert also listed \u201cBoebert Consulting \u2013 spouse\u201d on the candidate form, but listed her husband\u2019s income source as \u201cN\/A.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kedric Payne, a former deputy chief counsel in the Office of Congressional Ethics who now works at the Campaign Legal Center, said Boebert should have fully disclosed the sources of her husband\u2019s income last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe spouse is supposed to disclose the source of all earned income and this doesn\u2019t add up with what was in the prior filing,\u201d Payne said,<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Boebert has worked in energy production for 18 years and has had Boebert Consulting since 2012,\u201d Ben Stout, the congresswoman\u2019s deputy chief of staff, said in an email. \u201cFor any other questions regarding the congresswoman\u2019s finances, I\u2019d refer you to the disclosure she filed.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is no company called Terra Energy Productions registered with the state. But Terra Energy Partners, a Houston-based firm that boasts it is \u201cone of the largest producers of natural gas in Colorado,\u201d has a heavy presence in Boebert\u2019s district. The company did not return a call for comment.<\/p>\n

Boebert has become a partisan lightning rod during her brief time in Congress, insisting on her right to bring a gun onto the floor of the House, voting to overturn President Joe Biden\u2019s victory in two states and maintaining a fiery presence on social media.<\/p>\n

Her disclosure form reports that her restaurant, Shooters Grill, lost $143,000 in 2019 and $226,000 in 2020. Her candidacy was partly driven by her protest against lockdowns during the start of the pandemic last year, which she argued threatened businesses like hers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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