senator cruz had been a co-clerk of john eastman. that s the federalist society lawyer who authored this story, step-by-step master plan for stripping the election on january 6th and preventing congress from certifying the results. and the fact that tlerp co-clerks is something that s very telling to lawyers. they clerked together in the fourth circuit chambers of conservative judge michael litting. that means they were very close at one point in time. and there are echos back and forth of their different plans. so, what the future holds for cruz is unclear. the fact that there is a line of communication between he and eastman seems likely. they ve both declined to answer, eastman by asserting the fifth amendment when he testified to the committee and saying answering questions about coordination might incriminate him. cruz declined and said through a spokesperson that he didn t believe he had read eastman s