You can’t keep a dodgy geezer down!
Business Insider reports
- His campaign spent $153,000 buying books in the two months after his book “One Vote Away: How A Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History” was published.
- He also received $320,000 in advance payment from his book’s publisher Regnery Publishing in 2020.
- In April, a watchdog accused Cruz of using campaign funds to promote his book.
- See more stories on Insider’s business page.
Senator Ted Cruz may have used up $153,000 in campaign funds when he was running for senator last year to buy his own book, reported Forbes reporter Zach Everson on Monday.
In a 2020 Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing, Cruz’s campaign spent $153,000 at retailer Books-a-Million. It is not clear what books were purchased – the filing simply listed the purchase as “books.”
But the money was spent in the two months following the release of his book “One Vote Away: How A Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History” on September 29, 2020.
According to the filing, the campaign spent $40,000 on October 15, two weeks after his book was published. In early November, it spent another $11,900. The biggest spend came on December 1, when his campaign spent $111,900 on books.
More at https://www.businessinsider.com.au/ted-cruz-may-have-spent-campaign-funds-buying-own-book-2021-8
Listen to him talk about the book on nutty Federalist Radio Hour
