Jan 6 committee probing Ted Cruz involvement in plans to overturn election result

Sen Ted Cruz, who was one of Donald Trump’s top allies in the Senate in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, has fallen under the scrutiny of the House committee investigating the January 6 attack according to a new report in The Washington Post.

Mr Cruz’s support of the efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory has been long known. In early December of 2020, it was even reported that Donald Trump had personally asked Mr Cruz to represent his case against the rightful election results in four states should it reach the Supreme Court; Mr Cruz reportedly agreed, though the cases were all dismissed.

Now, the Post reports that the House select committee is investigating whether Mr Cruz had any communications with John Eastman, a controversial attorney who represented the former president in his efforts to claim that election fraud had robbed him of victory and who is now alleged by the committee to have been a part of a criminal conspiracy to push false claims about the election and overturn the rightful results.