Lauren Boebert's midnight run: Capitol tour happened after she attended 'Stop the Steal' rally

[Judi Lynn]

Zachary Petrizzo, Salon
August 10, 2021

Salon's continuing investigation of Rep. Lauren Boebert's unexplained late-night tour of the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 12, 2020 — three weeks before the Colorado Republican became a member of Congress — has revealed further information. Earlier that day Boebert attended a march in Washington to support Donald Trump's baseless theory that the 2020 election was stolen. Evidence suggests that the Capitol tour itself — involving Boebert, her mother, her teenage son and a Capitol Police officer — apparently took place close to midnight, at an hour when the Capitol complex is normally completely shut down.

Amy Kremer, chairwoman of the pro-Trump group Women for America First, posted a tweet on Dec. 12 thanking Boebert for attending what some participants called the "Million MAGA March," which involved a number of street clashes between marchers, counter-protesters and police, four stabbings and at least 33 arrests.

As Salon reported last week, later that night Boebert gave what appears to be have been an unauthorized after-hours private tour of the Capitol building to a group of her family members. It remains unclear how this tour was arranged since everything about it fell outside the normal regulations regarding such visits, which require the presence of a member of Congress and a Capitol guide and must be scheduled between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays. There is no evidence that anyone accompanied Boebert and her family members, other than a single Capitol Police officer visible in one family photo posted to social media.

Metadata reviewed by Salon from Boebert's son's Instagram post of the Dec. 12 tour indicates the post was created at 11:53 p.m. That is consistent with a photo taken from the observation deck at the top of the Capitol, showing the National Mall completely deserted (it is open 24 hours a day), and showing the permit parking areas near Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Avenue, close to Union Square, almost entirely vacant.

More:
https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebert-capitol-riot/

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Salon article:
https://www.salon.com/2021/08/10/lauren-boeberts-midnight-run-capitol-tour-happened-after-she-attended-stop-the-steal-rally/

[rso]

1. Boobert

And on top of all this, “Boobert” was still not officially a member of Congress during December.

[niyad]

2. That was pointed out in the first paragraph.

[SheltieLover]

3. K&R!

[Hoyt]

4. Unfortunately, there appears to be no evidence her mother or son used info

on Jan 6th.

Everyone they catch who breached Capitol steps should be charged. But doesn’t appear this was nefarious.

[FreepFryer]

6. No evidence so far made public, u mean. Just an unauthorized midnight tour by insurrcectionists (Nt)

[Hoyt]

7. Well, they know it was her mother and son. So doubtful

they were casing the place weeks before.

[FreepFryer]

8. Doubtful how? That take seems premature and unjustifiably speculative. Unless u have more info (Nt)

[Hoyt]

9. Better than another conspiracy theory that won't pan out. Getting old.

If she had walked through with ten Proud Boys or 3%ers, I’d agree. But it was her mother, son, and guard. Could the mother or son, guard or Bob have taken notes and passed them on to insurrectionists? Sure, but not likely.

[FreepFryer]

10. Calling something doubtful to avoid disappointment without a factual basis is human nature

I hear you. No worries, we all deal the way we deal.

[Hoyt]

11. And your facts are, "Rube mom, somehow elected, showed her mom and son Capitol."

[FreepFryer]

12. I was being genuine in my attempt at compassion, if you wanna keep arguing you are doing it alone.

[Hoyt]

13. No, we disagree. Bobert is not our problem, the people who elected her are.

[FreepFryer]

14. Okay. And please see my prior comment. I'm not arguing this any longer. (nt)

[Indykatie]

5. Who Does Midnight Tours? The Timing Makes Boebert's Tour Suspicious In My Opinion.