Trump’s tremendous PAC spent $50 million of donor funds that supporters thought have been getting used to return the previous president to the White Home on attorneys.
How A lot Did Trump’s Tremendous PAC Spend On Legal professionals In 2023?
The New York Times reported that Trump’s tremendous PAC spent $50 million on attorneys in 2023:
Donald J. Trump piled up authorized bills in 2023 as he was indicted 4 occasions, spending roughly $50 million in donor cash on authorized payments and investigation-related bills final yr, in response to two folks briefed on the determine.
It’s a staggering sum. His lone remaining rival within the 2024 Republican main, Nikki Haley, raised roughly the identical sum of money throughout all her committees within the final yr as Mr. Trump’s political accounts spent paying the payments stemming from his numerous authorized defenses, together with attorneys for witnesses.
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Mr. Trump has been directing 10 p.c of donations raised on-line to Save America, that means 10 cents of each dollar he has received from supporters is going to a PAC that chiefly funds his lawyers.
President Biden has been piling up record amounts of cash on hand whereas Trump is being crushed by authorized payments. The massive out of doors MAGA rallies have vanished as a result of Trump can’t afford to put them on anymore.
Authorized bills matter as a result of each penny that Donald Trump has to spend on attorneys is cash that gained’t be spent on serving to him return to the White Home. It will likely be tough for Trump to compete with Biden for the votes of swing state voters if he can’t afford promoting.
Trump has his PAC and the RNC paying authorized payments for him, but it is still not enough.
Donald Trump will likely be at a extreme money drawback in 2024, and his authorized payments will likely be a cause why.
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