Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert was dealt a major blow by a federal judge who temporarily refused to toss out a bombshell defamation lawsuit filed against her by a political watchdog group, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

To make matters worse, Judge Kathryn A. Starnella denied Boebert’s attempt to avoid discovery — meaning the group can bombard the embattled politician with subpoenas for potentially embarrassing documents, emails, and text messages about her personal life.

David B. Wheeler, the head of American Muckrakers, filed the lawsuit in June, charging the MAGA-loving Boebert badmouthed him on national television after his group claimed she had two abortions, smoked methamphetamine, and once worked as an escort on the website SugarDaddyMeet.com.

[One would think the defamation claim would come in the other direction. I hadn’t heard about this case until now, so the details aren’t familiar to me. It’s not going well for Boebert thus far, apparently, and her previous Democrat challenger is raising money hand over fist at the moment for a rematch. Stay tuned. — Ed]