Remember Our June 2022 Reporting on Wexner, Cruz & Boebert?

Vindication has a Price. And we paid it.

I never anticipated that asking hard questions about powerful people would cost me years of my life, my income, and my peace. Yet that is precisely what followed our June 2022 investigation into Lauren Boebert’s rapid political ascent.

We reported, based on a credible eyewitness source named Cindy and supporting information, that Boebert had been introduced to Ted Cruz at a private gathering in Aspen, at the home of billionaire Les Wexner. The story was part of a broader examination of the networks of wealth and influence that can quietly determine who rises in American politics. We believed then, as I believe now, that citizens have a right to understand those introductions and the people who facilitate them.

The response was immediate and severe. Boebert’s spokesperson declared the allegations “totally false” and “disgusting.” She posted on X: “Fact Check: Not true. Fake News.” Her team threatened legal action against American Muckrakers and signaled they would pursue our donors as we…