“It does seem hard to believe that Cruz, that everybody holds up as a genius and a great lawyer, wasn’t aware of the requirements or couldn’t find them (as I did in a few minutes time on Google).”
The FEC Commissioner didn’t seem to find it hard to believe, because he said people get confused by those rules all the time.
I’m not sure what being a lawyer has to do with anything, they do not teach you the intricacies of FEC filings in law school, I’m pretty certain.
Law school teaches you to read laws and to understand what they mean.
Generally speaking, you need to be a pretty smart individual to get through the Harvard Law School with top honors (I can think of one glaring exception, however).
Yes, even though laws and regulations can be confusing, I can’t believe that Mr. Cruz (who Alan Dershowitz said was one of his smartest students) was baffled by the FEC filing requirements.