Federal Elections Commission fines Ted Cruz '92 $35,000

According to The New York Times, the Campaign Legal Center filed a report against Cruz as a response to his inaccurate reports in January 2016. The FEC then agreed that the Cruz campaign had not followed the law in a unanimous vote. The $35,000 fine was settled upon by Cruz’s Senate campaign and the FEC, over three years after the initial claim was brought to light. The Campaign Legal Center was notified of the penalty in a letter from the FEC in March.

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