Ted Cruz was once John Boehner’s lawyer.
Yep.
Some 25 years ago, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, helped represent former House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in a bonkers civil case that eventually won Boehner $1 million in legal fees.
This isn’t to say that Boehner and Cruz were bosom buddies. All you have to do is read Boehner’s book, “On the House: A Washington Memoir,” to understand how much enmity Boehner holds for Cruz.
It was Cruz who led the failed charge to defund Obamacare in the fall…