Lauren Boebert skipped Congress to support Trump's trial, but didn't show up to her own son's hearings: reports
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- Lauren Boebert was in New York to support Trump's criminal trial on Thursday.
- But reports say she's been absent from her son Tyler's court hearings in her home state of Colorado.
- Boebert's son faces multiple felony charges, which she previously said "breaks my heart."
Rep. Lauren Boebert made headlines with her show of support at former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial on Thursday, but has been conspicuously absent for her own son's court appearances, according to multiple reports.
The Colorado congresswoman joined a gaggle of Freedom Caucus loyalists at the Manhattan criminal court on Thursday, writing on X: "I'll never stop standing up for President Trump, even if I'm the last one standing."
Speaking at a makeshift press conference outside the court, Boebert was heckled with chants of "Beetlejuice" — a reference to when she was thrown out of a Denver theater showing the film after vaping and apparently groping a male companion.
While Trump is facing criminal charges of falsifying business records in relation to a hush-money scheme to silence porn actor Stormy Daniels, Boebert's 19-year-old son Tyler has also had court dates.
Tyler Boebert was arrested in February on multiple felony charges including the criminal possession of identity documents, criminal trespass, and possession of a financial device.
He's had two court hearings to date — one on April 11 and another on May 9.
During the April hearing, Boebert was in Congress voting against the passage of the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act, records show.
Boebert also wasn't in the Colorado courthouse last week, according to the Daily Mail. Local reports of both hearings made no mention of the congresswoman being there, and she was not visible on a video feed of the proceedings.
BI wasn't able to independently confirm the reports and Boebert's office didn't immediately reply to a request for comment.
Records show that the day before the May hearing, Boebert spoke in a House debate.
At that latest hearing, Tyler Boebert was rebuked by the judge for not having legal representation. He explained that he had only just filed the paperwork for a public defender.
In April's hearing, the teen described having difficulty "with the prices" of finding someone to defend him.
As news of her son's arrest broke, Boebert released a statement saying: "It breaks my heart to see my child struggling and, in this situation, especially when he has been provided multiple opportunities to get his life on track."
Tyler should be held accountable for "poor decisions just like any other citizen," she said.
It is not clear if she holds the former president to the same standards.
Showing up to support Trump in court has become something of a pilgrimage for many GOP figures in recent weeks.
But the latest cohort's visit did not sit well with some in the party, with anonymous GOP sources telling The Daily Beast that it opened the party up to losing votes in Congress.
An Oversight Committee vote was postponed in order to accommodate the visit, according to The New York Times.