The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) on Wednesday filed ethics complaints against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), accusing him of breaking campaign finance rules by using donations to promote his book.

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Ethics watchdog group accuses Cruz of using campaign funds to promote book

A campaign finance watchdog filed two ethics complaints on Wednesday accusing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) of "illegally using campaign funds to promote his book."Why it matters: Using campaign funds to ask supporters to buy Cruz's book, as the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) alleges, would break the Federal Election Commission's rule barring candidates from using political contributions for personal gain. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios M…

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Watchdog files complaint accusing Cruz of using campaign funds to promote book

Senator from Texas has denied making any profit from books bought because of the Facebook ads

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Ted Cruz illegally used campaign funds to promote his book, ethics watchdog alleges

The CLC accused Cruz's campaign committee of spending up to $18,000 on Facebook ads that "exclusively" urged viewers to order copies of the senator's book.

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Sen. Ted Cruz illegally promoted his book with campaign funds, watchdog alleges in ethics complaints

The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) on Wednesday filed ethics complaints against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), accusing him of breaking campaign finance rules by using donations to promote his book.Accord...

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is facing ethical and legal investigations over his controversial decision to use campaign funds to hype his new book.On Tuesday, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed two complaints over Cruz personally profiting from the scheme."Cruz receives royalties on book sales, so using campaign funds to promote the book violates the ban on using campaign money for personal gain," the good government group explained.Cruz received a $…

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Ted Cruz hit with multiple complaints for ‘illegally’ using campaign funds to shill his book

Texas Senator Ted Cruz in September 2020 published a book titled “One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History.” Drawing on his own experiences, Cruz in his book chronicles how often Supreme Court decisions come down to one vote.

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Ethics Watchdog Accuses Ted Cruz of Using Campaign Funds to Promote Book

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) violated campaign finance rules by using donor funds to promote his book, a watchdog alleged in two ethics complaints, CNBC reports.From the complaint: “Because Cruz receives royalties from book sales, his campaign crossed a legal line by spending donor funds on Facebook ads promoting sales of that book.”

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Watchdog Says Ted Cruz Illegally Promoted His Book

In the United States, the Federal Election Commission has very strict rules governing how campaign funds can and cannot be spent — and the Campaign Legal Center is alleging that Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas violated campaign finance rules by using donor funds to promote one of his books.The CLC, a watchdog group founded in 2002, alleges that in late 2020, Cruz's campaign spent up to $18,000 on Facebook ads that encouraged viewers to purchase his book,…

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'Crossed a legal line': Watchdog charges that Ted Cruz violated campaign laws

The Campaign Legal Center filed complaints Wednesday urging an investigation into at...

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Sen. Ted Cruz accused of illegally using campaign cash to market his book

A political campaign watchdog has accused Texas Sen. Cruz of improperly using campaign funds to pay for Facebook ads marketing his 2020 book on the Supreme...

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Watchdog group accuses Texas Sen. Cruz of using campaign funds to market his book

Ethics watchdog group accuses Cruz of using campaign funds to promote book

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