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Ted Cruz campaign refuted a video purporting to show the Texas senator passing money to a Republican delegate at a campaign event. Cruz rapid response director Brian Phillips told The Daily Caller that the man Cruz handed the money to is Bruce Redden, a Cruz campaign staffer, and that the money came from a supporter. The video surfaced on Reddit Friday morning, and claimed to catch Cruz trying to conceal "cash under a flyer" while handing it to a man standing with his face off-screen. "Cruz has the money, fails to slip it," the video text reads, before showing Cruz...

... Since Cruz jumped into the 2016 race in March, he has spent more time with Redden than anyone else - even his wife. And vice versa. Redden, 32, gave up his apartment in Dallas in April, trading a home for a mission: electing the next president by keeping him on time and on track. In a good month, he gets three days with his fiancée back in Dallas and a chance to check his post office box. Such are the sacrifices of the body man. Part adviser, part concierge, part court jester, the body man makes sure that the...