Lauren Boebert posted, “If they charge President Trump for his crimes, they could charge any of us for our crimes. The rule of law means nothing to these people.”

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has defended embattled former President Donald Trump on X, but a purported post from the Colorado Republican about his criminal cases isn’t authentic. 

“If they charge President Trump for his crimes, they could charge any of us for our crimes,”  an account with the handle @laurenboebert appears to write in an X post. “The rule of law means nothing to these people.” 

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We found no evidence that Boebert posted this from either her @laurenboebert or @RepBoebert X accounts. 

Searching for the statement online led us to “Lauren Boebert parody” TikTok posts and fact-checks from 2023, when this fake quote attributed to Boebert first started circulating online.

Back then, information that has been cropped out of the image in this Threads post indicates that it was fabricated. Below the supposed X post are the words: “Parody by Rub.” 

We rate claims Boebert posted this False.