Cruz campaign on potential Donald Trump lawsuit: 'We're prepared for anything'

Cruz camp says they are prepared for anything.
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Donald Trump has been threatening to sue fellow Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz over not being a natural born citizen. But Cruz's camp doesn't seem terribly concerned with fielding a lawsuit from the billionaire business mogul.

"We're prepared for anything, we have in house counsel... but we don't think it will have any standing," Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler told CNN on Tuesday.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.