United Airlines says it’s investigating the leak of Ted Cruz’s Cancun flight information

United Airlines says it’s investigating the leak of Ted Cruz’s Cancun flight information

United Airlines is investigating the leak of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's flight information for a trip to Cancun, Mexico earlier this week, Politico reported.

"It's against United's policies to share personal information about our customers and we are investigating this incident," a company executive told Politico in a statement, adding that whoever leaked the information may be fired.

Cruz drew intense backlash this week for traveling to Cancun with his family while Texas was in the middle of a devastating blackout caused by a winter storm. As millions in the state lost power and were forced to live in freezing conditions without heat, water, or electricity, the senator left for Cancun with his family on Wednesday.

In an initial statement on Thursday, Cruz said he went on the trip because he wanted "to be a good dad" and added that he intended to return to the US that afternoon.

"With school cancelled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends," he said. "Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon."

An editor at Thrifty Traveler tweeted out what appeared to be Cruz's flight information showing that the senator planned to