It comes after Cruz successfully challenged a law that capped the amount candidates could repay themselves.
Ethics advocates and some Supreme Court justices warned that the decision could lead to corruption.
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Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas received $555,000 from his campaign account two months ago, according to new documents filed with the Federal Election Commission.
And the one-time presidential candidate and two-term senator has the US Supreme Court to thank for it.
Six years later, facing an unexpectedly competitive re-election campaign against then-Rep. Beto O'Rourke in 2018, Cruz opted to challenge the law.
That allowed Cruz to initiate a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission, which eventually made its way up to the Supreme Court. »