U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is facing yet another formal ethics complaint over a controversial podcast-distribution deal that's so far pumped $787,000 into a political action committee backing his reelection. Michael Tijerina, a Collin County Democratic Party precinct chair, last week filed a complaint with the U.S.
The new complaint asks the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics to look into a deal with San Antonio's iHeartMedia that's pumped $787,000 into a Cruz-linked PAC.controversial podcast-distribution deal
“Ted Cruz has a long record of putting himself ahead of Texans and his podcast is just the latest example," Tijerina said in a statement supplied to the."If Cruz is breaking Senate rules or federal election law by funneling money to his super PAC, we deserve to know.
The new complaint comes as Cruz faces two separate complaints from watchdog groups asking the Federal Election Commission to look into the distribution deal. The FEC complaints argue that the nature of the podcast syndication deal strongly suggests Cruz told iHeartMedia to pay corporate dollars into Truth and Courage in exchange for his services — a potential violation federal laws governing how super PACs can operate.
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