Colorado Sheriff Faces Campaign Finance Complaint Over Support of Rep. Boebert

A Colorado sheriff has until Oct. 4 to “cure” a complaint alleging campaign finance violations over emails and videos that appear to support Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) filed by a political operative accused of harassing the congresswoman.

The Enforcement Team of the Elections Division in the office of the Colorado Secretary of State (SOS), Jena Griswold, is currently reviewing the complaint against Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario.

The complaint was filed by David Wheeler, the president of American Muckrakers PAC, who leads efforts to “fire” Boebert and is touted as spearheading a similar campaign targeting former Republican North Carolina congressman Madison Cawthorn.

Wheeler accuses Vallario of using his official email account to “send a political message supporting Lauren Boebert for Congress and deriding her opponent.” Vallario is also accused of referring to Wheeler as “a loon” in an email to staff, among other things.

In a statement to The Epoch Times, Vallario confirmed that he had until Oct. 4 to “cure” Wheeler’s “one-sided” complaint.

“There is currently an investigation where the SOS has stated that there ‘may’ be one or more violations as a result of the one-sided information provided so far,” Vallario said.

“There are three or four emails he has provided as ‘evidence’ of his claims. I will be addressing those in my response to the SOS,” he added.

Complaints brought to the SOS’s office are initially reviewed by the Enforcement Team of the Elections Division independently to determine whether to pursue it, according to the SOS’s office. Griswold and her deputy are “walled off” from the investigative phase of all complaints.

The Epoch Times understands the complaint against Vallario is in the “notice of initial review and opportunity to cure” phase.

After an initial review of the complaint, the Elections Division found that if the allegations are proven they “may” constitute campaign finance