Texas Senator Ted Cruz has been caught up in a scandal after a recorded conversation was released, showing his plans to challenge the 2020 election results (Washington Post). The recording was made by Abby Grossberg, a former producer at Fox News, and shows Cruz’s plans to assist former President Donald Trump in overturning the election results (Salon.com). The conversation took place on January 2, 2021, and shows Cruz talking to Fox News about his proposal to establish a commission to review the 2020 election (Austin American-Statesman).
In the leaked audio, Cruz privately described a plot to create an electoral commission to assess the false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election (Salon.com). The recording shows Cruz outlining his plan to Fox News to delay the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory (The Hill). This audio is part of more whistleblower audio recordings that have been released recently, featuring Cruz scheming to steal the election (The Daily Beast).
The tapes were released by Grossberg, a former Fox News producer who has filed lawsuits against the network (KXXV). Newsweek reports that Grossberg plans to hand over the tapes to Jack Smith’s DOJ probe, as the special prosecutor is interested in furtive recordings made to bolster a lawsuit against Tucker Carlson (Newsweek).
This scandal has put Cruz under scrutiny, with bombshell leaked audio revealing him plotting to overturn the 2020 election (The Independent). In the recording, Cruz is heard talking to Fox News host Maria Bartiromo in the days surrounding January 6, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building (Yahoo News).
It remains to be seen what the fallout will be from this scandal, as Cruz’s plans to challenge the election results are brought to light (The New York Sun). This scandal comes as Cruz is already under fire for taking a trip to Cancun while his state of Texas was experiencing power outages and water shortages due to a winter storm (Washington Post).
