In an elaborate and precisely laid-out missive that stretches more than 330 pages — with better than 3,100 pages of additional exhibits — a complaint filed with three state commissions and the FBI alleges a far-reaching and ongoing conspiracy within Colorado’s judiciary designed to conceal years of alleged lying, retaliation and misuse of public funds that began when a purported contract-for-silence scandal erupted in 2019.
The anonymous complaint lays out how it believes officials ranging from Colorado’s Supreme Court justices, the Attorney General’s Office and a litany of others within the Judicial Department have allegedly misled and intentionally obstructed ongoing investigations into the scandal while ensuring additional inquiries into other details that were uncovered went nowhere.
Two of those justices — Brian Boatright and Chief Justice Monica Márquez — face retention votes in November for 10-year terms.
“There is substantial and reliable evidence that, for years, the Justices of the Colorado Supreme Court, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, and other public officials/employees have conspired to openly engage in a pattern of misusing public funds, public resources, and the authority of their positions to unlawfully conceal evidence of misconduct by judges, attorneys, and public officials/employees,” the complaint reads…