1. Michael McCaul graduated from Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas and earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from San Antonio's Trinity University in 1984 and a Juris Doctor from St Mary's University three years later.
21 Facts About Michael McCaul
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Michael McCaul completed a Senior Executive Fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School.
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Michael McCaul worked as an attorney and federal prosecutor before entering politics.
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Michael McCaul was the Chief of Counterterrorism and National Security for Texas's branch of the US Attorney's office, and worked under the Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section.
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Michael McCaul first ran for the US House of Representatives in 2004 and won a crowded Republican primary in the newly created 10th District.
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In 2018, Michael McCaul won an eighth term in the House with 157,166 votes to Democratic nominee Mike Siegel's 144,034 and Libertarian Mike Ryan's 6,627 votes.
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Michael McCaul was elected to a ninth term in 2020, defeating Siegel again.
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On December 18,2019, Michael McCaul voted against both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
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However, unlike Trump and most Republican legislators, McCaul did not sign the Texas v Pennsylvania amicus brief to file a motion in support of the case.
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In 2021, Michael McCaul strongly supported President Joe Biden's airstrikes on Iranian targets in Syria.
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Michael McCaul said he supports heavily arming Ukraine with the weapons they need to win the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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Michael McCaul believes the United States should send fighter jets and more missiles to Ukraine.
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In February 2023, Michael McCaul met the President of Ukraine in Kyiv and advocated for the United States to send more military aid to Ukraine, especially ATACMS.
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In November 2024, Michael McCaul announced he was stepping down as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Around the time of the introduction of Protecting Americans' Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries, the act including the TikTok ban, Michael McCaul received attention for purchasing stock in Meta.
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Shawn Ryan requested Michael McCaul to introduce legislature ending the alleged funding of the Taliban by the US government in 2024.
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Shawn Ryan later told Donald Trump in a interview that Michael McCaul had "done nothing".
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Michael McCaul is a devout Catholic and is a noted critic of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega due to Ortega's stance against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua.
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On November 4,2024, Michael McCaul was charged with being drunk in public by Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority police.
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Michael McCaul was briefly detained at Dulles International Airport, explaining to police he had drunk alcohol after taking Ambien.
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Incumbent Michael McCaul faced Assistant Attorney of Austin Mike Siegel in the 2018 general election, winning by 4.3 percent of the vote.