Ted Cruz took refuge in supply closet during January 6 riot, book reveals

Texas senator wrote he vehemently disagreed' with colleagues' call to allow certification of 2020 election

As a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol during the January 6 attack in a desperate attempt to keep him in the Oval Office, Ted Cruz hid in a closet next to a stack of chairs, but he never thought twice about continuing to sow doubt about the former president's electoral defeat, the Republican senator from Texas has revealed.

Cruz revealed his whereabouts on the day of the deadly Capitol attack - which unsuccessfully aimed to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden's victory over Trump in the 2020 presidential election - in a new book. The news was first reported by Newsweek.