Oops. The treasurer of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's reelection campaign confirmed in a letter to federal officials that it took 43 illegal donations during the second quarter and is now taking steps to refund them.
In the letter, filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission , Ted Cruz for Senate Treasurer Cabell Hobbs also promised the campaign would look into contributions made by a pair of unregistered organizations and also refund them in 30 days if they were"not made with federally permissible funds."
It's not uncommon for the FEC to ask campaigns to return or explain donations that blow past that ceiling. Even so, the 17-page list itemized in the agency's letter was unusually large, campaign finance experts said.Through that arrangement, San Antonio-based radio company iHeartMedia has pumped $786,000 in corporate funds into a super PAC created to back to the two-term senator's reelection.
Cruz's camp defends the deal by saying the senator records his podcast for free. Officials with iHeartMedia have said the donations are derived from ad sales tied to the podcast.
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