Ted Cruz Faces FEC Complaint Over Podcast Dumping Money Into Super PAC

Ted Cruz’s sketchy podcast deal may now face federal scrutiny, as a campaign finance watchdog filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday over radio giant iHeartMedia funneling more than $630,000 into a super PAC backing the Republican senator’s re-election bid.

The complaint, filed jointly by the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and End Citizens United, argued that the agreement between the Texas senator and iHeartMedia “brazenly” violates federal election laws. They also accused Cruz of directing funds into the Truth and Courage PAC, which describes itself as “ensuring that Ted Cruz is re-elected to the United States Senate in 2024.”

The filing also comes as campaign finance and government ethics experts recently told The Daily Beast that the podcast deal raises a slew of sticky legal and ethical issues, and at the very least signals the GOP lawmaker “characteristically darkening the gray area” and testing legal limits.

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