Sanford Nowlin
04/03/25
(San Antonio Current) Last year, Campaign Legal Center and End Citizens United asked the FEC to investigate a syndication contract Cruz struck with San Antonio-based radio group iHeartMedia. While the senator received no direct compensation from the podcast, the company pumped nearly $1 million in advertising-related payments into a super PAC supporting his reelection bid.
Under law, super PACs can accept direct corporate donations, but candidates themselves can’t “solicit, receive, direct, transfer, or spend funds” on behalf of the fundraising entities. Campaign Legal Center and End Citizens United argued that, by appearances, Cruz or a surrogate instructed iHeartMedia to flow money into the superPAC as part of their agreement.