Trump fundraising group has spent most of its cash on legal fees this year
main campaign fundraising groups on Monday reported spending more than US$21 million on legal expenses so far this year, a sign of the former president’s mounting legal problems as he seeks to return to the White House.political action committee , which Trump founded in 2020 following his defeat in that year’s presidential election, said in a filing to the Federal Election Commission that it spent about US$30 million between January and June, with most of that going to legal expenses.
A Trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the difference in the numbers reported over the weekend and those in Monday’s filing. Leadership PACs emerged in the 1970s as a way for elected officials and candidates to raise money for other political candidates, usually of the same political party, without using their own campaign funds.The committees are set up and controlled by lawmakers or other political leaders, but are not connected to the candidate’s campaign, which are also not allowed to use the funds raised by such groups.
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