WASHINGTON – The State Bar of Texas has dismissed a complaint aimed at stripping Sen. Ted Cruz’s law license over his role in former President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn his 2020 defeat, without addressing the substance of allegations that he had aided an “anti-democratic” plot.
Cruz said the dismissal amounted to a finding that the allegation was “baseless,” though the bar found only that it had no jurisdiction because Cruz, in trying to help Trump, had not acted in his capacity as a lawyer.
The 65 Project, a watchdog group launched last spring to deter abuse of the legal system to overturn fair elections, filed the complaint in May demanding Cruz be disbarred.
