Texas Democrat filed a complaint with the FEC after audio was released of Cruz bundler Keet Lewis telling supporters to make unlimited donations to a super PAC.
This was the last thing the Cruz camp needed to worry about today.
WFAA reported:
Texas Democrats have filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission claiming the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz violated federal election law.
Announced Monday, the complaint asks the FEC to investigate an incident in which a Cruz fundraiser reportedly suggested at a campaign-hosted event that supporters give unlimited donations to a super PAC. Under federal election law, campaigns and their agents cannot solicit contributions above the federal limit of $5,000.
“If you hit your max then we have a table for you that is the unlimited table,” Cruz bundler Keet Lewis said at a campaign fundraiser Dec. 30 in Dallas, according to Politico, which obtained a recording of Lewis’ remarks. “It can take corporate dollars, it can take partnership dollars, and that’s the super PAC, Stand for Truth, so pick up some of that information.”
The complaint by the Texas Democratic Party, which is dated Friday, says Cruz’s campaign “disregarded the law and brazenly asked supporters to give both unlimited contributions and contributions from corporations to a Super PAC supporting Senator Cruz’s campaign.”
