{"id":8702,"date":"2024-07-23T15:09:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T20:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/23\/u-s-sen-ted-cruz-hit-with-another-ethics-complaint-over-his-podcast-deal\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T15:09:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T20:09:06","slug":"u-s-sen-ted-cruz-hit-with-another-ethics-complaint-over-his-podcast-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/23\/u-s-sen-ted-cruz-hit-with-another-ethics-complaint-over-his-podcast-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz hit with another ethics complaint over his podcast deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is facing yet another formal ethics complaint over a controversial podcast-distribution deal that&#8217;s so far pumped $787,000 into a political action committee backing his reelection. Michael Tijerina, a Collin County Democratic Party precinct chair, last week filed a complaint with the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics alleging the deal between Cruz and San Antonio-based radio company iHeart Media violates federal law, the Austin-American Statesman reports. The filing reportedly accuses Cruz of using the deal to distribute his thrice-weekly Verdict With Ted Cruz\u00a0podcast to skirt earned income limits for senators, federal financial disclosure requirements and a ban on collecting speaking fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is facing yet another formal ethics complaint over a controversial podcast-distribution deal that&#8217;s so far pumped $787,000 into a political action committee backing his reelection. Michael Tijerina, a Collin County Democratic Party precinct chair, last week filed a complaint with the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics alleging the deal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}