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Lauren Boebert affair row: Florida Rep. breaks silence amid $200,000 hush money claim; ‘utterly false’

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Lauren Boebert denies a sworn ethics complaint alleging staff relationships and a $200,000 payment to one aide, calling allegations false. Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Rep. Lauren Boebert is denying a sworn ethics complaint that alleges she had sex with three congressional staffers and that an approximately $200,000 payment was made to one of them to prevent her from filing an ethics complaint. The complaint, dated September 17, was filed by David Wheeler of American Muckrakers with the U.S. House … Read more

No escape for Trump in hush money case as US judge blocks bid to shift federal court

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No escape for Trump in hush money case as US judge blocks bid to shift federal court

US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump’s bid to wipe out his New York hush money conviction has hit another roadblock, with a federal judge ruling that the case cannot be moved from state to federal court. Manhattan-based US district judge Alvin Hellerstein on Friday rejected Trump’s latest attempt to shift the case, saying … Read more