American Muckrakers PAC is relevant here as the complainant / publicizing actor in the 2022 Lou Vallario campaign-finance complaint and as a federal anti-Boebert independent-expenditure actor in OpenFEC.
OpenFEC resolves AMERICAN MUCKRAKERS PAC as committee C00776062, an unauthorized Super PAC / independent expenditure-only committee based in North Carolina, with David Wheeler listed as treasurer in the retained endpoint output.
KJCT and Aspen Times reporting identify David Wheeler / American Muckrakers as the source of the complaint alleging that Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario used official resources to support Lauren Boebert and criticize Don Coram. The direct TRACER complaint file confirms ED2022-55 and the February 22, 2023 dismissal order.
C007760627 anti-Boebert rows totaling $843.45 in 2022408 unique itemized disbursement rows in the cursor-bounded pullGARFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF'S ANNEX RESEARCH disbursements totaling $305OpenFEC shows a small 2022 anti-Boebert Schedule E slice for American Muckrakers PAC. KJCT reporting also describes the PAC's complaint and federal-investigation request as focused on Boebert / Vallario allegations.
The federal litigation lane is now better sourced than the original allegation-stage complaint alone. The retained RECAP packet includes the June 23, 2022 temporary civil protection order exhibit, a June 2024 report and recommendation analyzing proposed amended claims, and the July 2024 stipulated dismissal with prejudice after settlement. This supports the existence and later disposition of the Boebert / Wheeler litigation lane; it does not make the allegations proven.
KJCT, Aspen Times, the sheriff-office release, and the direct TRACER package identify American Muckrakers / David Wheeler as the complaint actor in the Vallario campaign-finance allegations. The retained evidence supports the complaint pathway and dismissal, not proof of a sustained violation.
OpenFEC also shows two August 2022 disbursements from American Muckrakers to GARFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF'S ANNEX for RESEARCH. Current GCSO records materials support a records/research-fee mechanism at the Sheriff's Annex, and the timing fits the TRACER file's CORA/public-records chronology. The row text and current fee materials still do not prove the payments were CORA fees, identify the exact records purchased, or show that the PAC received special access.
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