GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn let his son live in a storage unit in the US Capitol basement for weeks,...

A lawsuit from a former staffer says GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado allowed his son to live in a storage unit in the basement of the US Capitol for a few weeks.

The former staffer, Brandon Pope, made the claim in a lawsuit first reported by NBC Washington, but it remains unclear when the alleged incident occurred.

The lawsuit says Lamborn "gave his son the necessary access to live in a storage area in the basement of the U.S. Capitol for a period of weeks when Lamborn's son relocated to Washington, D.C. for work."

In response to questions from Colorado Public Radio's Caitlyn Kim on Friday, Lamborn acknowledged giving his son "temporary housing as my guest because the housing market in Washington, DC, is very tight, and he moved here to get a job at the Pentagon." He declined to clarify whether his son lived in his office or in the basement.