The bad news keeps coming for Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.In addition to Senate Democrats filing an ethics complaint against him and asking for an investigation into the whether he “engaged in criminal conduct or unethical or improper behavior” in connection to last month’s insurrection on the U.S.
Capitol, a federal watchdog group for pandemic relief funding is requesting information about his efforts to change a federal loan program to benefit two of his biggest donors.The Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Program offered loans to businesses struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic.
Shortly after the program was announced, Cruz sent a request to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin urging them to.