Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, responded Tuesday to news that Reuters held a report about his competitor Beto O’Rourke’s past affiliation with a computer hacking group until after the 2018 Senate race.

“Hmm. Reuters didn’t want a “scoop” (their word) that Beto may have committed multiple felonies. Instead, they cut a “deal” to keep it secret for over a year until after the Senate election. Query: is there any universe in which they would have cut that deal for a Republican?” he wrote on Twitter.