Rep. Lauren Boebert lost her re-election bid in a Colorado district that voted for Donald Trump by 18 points — and every single Republican who forced a vote to release the Justice Department's Jeffrey Epstein files is now gone from Congress.

Boebert fell to Democrat Eileen Laubacher by less than one percentage point, 47.9% to 48.8%, according to the Associated Press. That doesn't happen in a solid-red district by accident. It took a Biden National Security Council veteran who switched parties just months ago, a president who turned on his own ally, and a media class eager to bury the Epstein connection and highlight the controversies.

Laubacher served on Joe Biden's National Security Council between 2022 and 2024, the New York Post reported. She registered as a Democrat in 2025, telling voters the Republican Party had become "nearly unrecognizable," according to The Guardian. Both candidates had recently moved to the 4th District — Boebert in 2024, Laubacher to run for this seat. The revolving door between the Biden executive branch and Congress now swings both ways.

Boebert was one of four House Republicans who signed a bipartisan discharge petition in November 2025 to force a vote on releasing Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein. The other three: Rep. Thomas Massie, who lost his GOP primary in May; Rep. Nancy Mace, who did not see re-election; and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned from Congress.

"We are the Fearless Four. And none of us are coming back," Mace posted on X. "We stood with the Epstein survivors when it was politically toxic. We put the truth and victims first. We paid the price."

Trump publicly turned on Boebert after she campaigned for Massie. "Is anyone interested in running against Weak Minded Lauren Boebert?" he posted on Truth Social in May, calling her a "carpetbagger" and "dumb," as both NBC News and The Guardian reported. The Guardian noted Trump's first veto of his second term was for a bill sponsored by Boebert.

Boebert said "there was a lot of money dumped on my head" after the election, NBC News reported. She previously cited dark money from Hollywood donors like Barbra Streisand and Ryan Reynolds flowing into her old district as the reason she moved. An ethics complaint alleging sexual relationships with staffers hit her weeks before Election Day — allegations she denied as "politically motivated," The Guardian reported.

Boebert's campaign lawyer, former Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler, alleged "unusual voting patterns" and said he expected a recount, the New York Post reported.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee celebrated. "Lauren Boebert's sideshow is over," DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene declared, The Guardian reported.

The framing tells its own story. The Guardian led with Boebert's "controversies" — the Beetlejuice incident, the ethics complaint, January 6 — and buried the Epstein files push deep. NBC News emphasized she was "known more for controversies than legislative savvy." Neither outlet made the connection that all four Epstein petition signers are now gone. Only the New York Post led with the "solid red" district angle and quoted Mace's statement about the Fearless Four.

Three million Epstein files are public because four Republicans refused to shut up. All four are now gone from Congress. Read that twice.