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CampaignWatchdogGroupFilesFECComplaint–TedCruzFailureTo DiscloseGoldmanSachs/CitibankFinancials
The Last Refuge ^ | January 20, 2016 | sundance

Posted on 01/21/2016 8:43:52 AM PST by Bratch

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To: Bratch
It's hard to use the excuse that Cruz didn't ‘understand’ the law... But it's very possible Cruz was overwhelmed with setting up his campaign and forgot to ‘dot all the “i”s and cross all the “t”s....
21 posted on 01/21/2016 9:43:34 AM PST by GOPJ (It's more important to have a gun in your hand than a cop on the phone- Florida Sheriff Grady Judd)
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To: Hoodat
Anthony Weiner: I Got Fined for Less Than What Ted Cruz Did

Today the left-leaning group Texans for Public Justice filed a complaint against Cruz alleging the senator purposely hid more than $1 (million) in loans.


The Dallas Morning News reported:

WASHINGTON – The left-leaning group Texans for Public Justice filed a complaint Tuesday alleging that Ted Cruz purposely hid more than $1 million in loans from major banks during his 2012 Senate campaign…

The FEC confirmed Wednesday afternoon that it had received the complaint. The commission has five days to evaluate it and decide whether it was filed properly and has merit.
On Wednesday, Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center — two campaign watchdog groups — announced their own joint complaint filed with the FEC…

His defense has been that while he neglected to disclose the loans on campaign reports, he did report them on personal financial disclosure forms on file with the U.S. Senate, as required of candidates and senators.

Put together, this suggests that Cruz took out loans which he then shifted into his campaign in the form of a loan. But this is not how the loans were described on his Senate campaign filings with the FEC…The Senate filing makes no indication that loan proceeds went into the Senate campaign.



22 posted on 01/21/2016 9:59:23 AM PST by Bratch
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To: Bratch
Today the left-leaning group Texans for Public Justice filed a complaint against Cruz . . .

I rest my case.

23 posted on 01/21/2016 10:02:58 AM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: Bratch

Cruz re-files the paperwork with all the right things in all the right columns and this goes away.
Not saying this should not be brought up, it should.
It was public record and fair game.
Lawsuit will be thrown out, I would think.
More like an audit, of sorts.


24 posted on 01/21/2016 10:05:18 AM PST by GrouchoTex (...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free.)
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To: SamuraiScot
One of Cruz’s primary campaign points is the elimination of the IRS and the imposition of a flat tax. If successful, that would save Mercer $6 to $10 billion.

Heck. I would save probably 10,000 per year in taxes. Does this make me some kind of malicious force in American politics too? Oh God. I also have a mortgage with a big evil bank too. I see a lot of grasping in this new line of attack against Cruz.
25 posted on 01/21/2016 10:59:23 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: moovova
In Before The Cruz Isn't Eligible For President 'Cause He's A Furiner Ping.

Answer this question honestly if you can.

If the circumstances of the birth of Cruz and Hillary were reversed, would you be so intent on defending your version of NBC qualification for Hillary as you are Cruz?

26 posted on 01/21/2016 11:24:53 AM PST by itsahoot (Trump is a fumble mouthed blowhard that can't speak in complete sentences. Wonder why is he winning?)
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To: Perdogg

Facts are a hard thing to swallow for a Cruzer, I understand.


27 posted on 01/21/2016 11:28:47 AM PST by entropy12 (Rafael Cruz 100% eligible as natural born Canada citizen!! SCOTUS might clear his USA NBC status.)
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To: mrpotatohead

The original poster stated all FACTS. I know facts are a bitch when they are against your candidate.


28 posted on 01/21/2016 11:30:12 AM PST by entropy12 (Rafael Cruz 100% eligible as natural born Canada citizen!! SCOTUS might clear his USA NBC status.)
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To: Organic Panic
You are right. Robert Mercer gave $31 Million to Cruz, only because he admires how Cruz looks. /S


29 posted on 01/21/2016 11:33:10 AM PST by entropy12 (Rafael Cruz 100% eligible as natural born Canada citizen!! SCOTUS might clear his USA NBC status.)
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To: moovova

Abdul Mohammad born in Saudi Arabia from a Saudi Father and American mother is also eligible as natural born citizen!


30 posted on 01/21/2016 11:35:48 AM PST by entropy12 (Rafael Cruz 100% eligible as natural born Canada citizen!! SCOTUS might clear his USA NBC status.)
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To: itsahoot

I’m not defending anybody. I was kind of making fun of the direction I suspected the thread to take. To be honest, I’m fed up with this stuff already, and we have ten months to go.


31 posted on 01/21/2016 1:30:48 PM PST by moovova
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To be honest, I’m fed up with this stuff already, and we have ten months to go.

Both of us. I have been through more than a few of these vile name calling sessions. I comically asked weeks ago what would happen when Palin endorsed Trump.

Wow, I know freepers are fickle but the outrage surprised me. Then after a couple years of Freepers calling Glenn a moronic money grubber another quandary presented itself, what would freepers do? Well that was a shock too.

So what do these two events, that created so much discourse, have in common? Love is turned to disgusting hate and hate is turned into love by Cruz supporters. I hate no one it is a wasteful endeavor.

You never answered my question it was not meant to be argumentative I really wanted to know your logic.

32 posted on 01/21/2016 1:50:25 PM PST by itsahoot (Trump is a fumble mouthed blowhard that can't speak in complete sentences. Wonder why is he winning?)
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To: itsahoot

“You never answered my question...”

Honestly, I would not defend Hillary. That’s a sad admission on my part because, if I were to defend Cruz...logically?... I should defend Hillary also. But, I have such a visceral dislike and distrust for the woman, that ANY reason to take her out of the running would suit me fine.

As far as my “version” of Cruz’s NBC status, I don’t really have one. I know what I’ve read, but I don’t know what is right or wrong. I DO know that if someone is going to make a legal issue out of it...I’m afraid that it’ll be left to a broken system to make the decision.

Lord knows what THAT answer will be.


33 posted on 01/21/2016 2:16:01 PM PST by moovova
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To: moovova
Lord knows what THAT answer will be.

For sure it won't be left up to us which makes it a fruitless argument.

Appreciate your truthful answer. I personally don't think Cruz qualifies but I am not dogmatic about it because the final decision is not up to me, I just found it slightly hypocritical of those that denounced Obama (and I was one)who I would think has a slightly better case if you believe that counterfeit birth certificate.

34 posted on 01/21/2016 3:57:07 PM PST by itsahoot (Trump is a fumble mouthed blowhard that can't speak in complete sentences. Wonder why is he winning?)
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