Far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert's (R-CO) new disclosure report stunned a Colorado Public Radio reporter on Tuesday.
Specifically, what was in it was nothing.
"This is a first for me," reporter Caitlyn Kim wrote, providing images of the disclosure. "CO Rep. Lauren Boebert's financial disclosure for 2024 discloses nothing. No book royalties (it was in her last disclosure), no bank accounts, no home mortgage."
Boebert, a controversial lawmaker who has feuded even with fellow far-right lawmakers like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), previously represented a district in the far west of Colorado, but jumped ship to run in a more conservative district in the east last year after barely clinging to re-election by a few hundred votes in 2022.
According to Kim, at least some of this might be explainable by one thing: "She is divorced and is starting over. In past disclosures, the only asset that was hers was her book. Otherwise it was a joint bank account and other assets were her ex-husband's."
"With the caveat that she makes $174,000 per year and doesn’t have to disclose the value of any personal residence, Boebert is likely one of the poorest members of Congress," wrote Business Insider senior politics reporter Bryan Metzger in response to the report.
Boebert filed for divorce in 2023 from her husband of 20 years, Jayson Boebert, citing "irreconcilable differences." A few months later, she sparked controversy after being kicked out of a production of "Beetlejuice" for vaping in the theater and public lewdness with her date.
In recent months she has appeared alongside pro-Trump musician Kid Rock, who recently broke off his engagement of seven years, prompting a flurry of unproven speculation and rumors that the two might be romantically involved.
