[Cboldt]

-- the issue isn't his NBC status to begin with. The issue is did he commit administrative fraud by lying on the forms used to get on the ballot in NJ. --

The two issues are joined. If he is NBC, he did not commit fraud, if he is not NBC, he did commit fraud. The NBC question has to be settled, in order to settle the fraud question.

[Moseley]

“If he is NBC, he did not commit fraud, if he is not NBC, he did commit fraud.”

That is not true.

If Ted Cruz believed that he is a natural born citizen — because Congress says so, Congress has been legislating on the question since 1790 — then he did not commit fraud.

So if Ted Cruz were wrong, but he believed he was right, there is no fraud.

[lafroste]

Actually, I have to disagree. I freely admit that I am forming my opinion based on second hand information, but I believe the false answer in question was given to the question "were you born in the United States". Obviously the answer to that question in Cruz's case is "No" where he reportedly answered "Yes". It didn't ask if he was NBC, it asked where he was born. Presumably, a "No" answer would have triggered additional inquiries.

Sure as Hell Cruz knew the correct answer at the time. It cannot be argued that it was a "mistake" if that is really the question asked.

If those two things are true, that is administrative fraud. It really is not complicated.