FEC Calls Out Fake Boebert PAC With ‘2 In The Pink’ Rated Name
FEC Seeks Verification
The FEC sent the committee a verification notice on Oct. 5, giving it until Nov. 9 to stand behind its registration. Senior campaign finance analyst Jacqueline Gausepohl signed the letter.
The agency’s notice raises whether the registration’s details meet federal requirements for accurate information. A committee that does not respond within 35 days is removed from the searchable database and moved to a category for unverified filings.
Questionable Registration Details
The committee was created in September. Its original Form 1 named Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert as both the candidate and treasurer.
Journalist Draws Attention
Journalist Julie Grace Brufke highlighted the FEC’s response on X and said she would not repeat the committee’s explicit name. She called it a “blatantly fake Lauren Boebert PAC,” according to her post. The post shared a link to the FEC document and described the filing as not safe for work.
Key points
- The FEC issued a verification notice on Oct. 5 and set a Nov. 9 deadline.
- The filing listed Boebert as candidate and treasurer, and labeled the group in two ways.
- No money raised or spent by the committee is recorded.
- A nonresponse within 35 days would move the filing out of the searchable database.