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A PAC controlled by former President Donald Trump that has devoted tens of millions of dollars to his and his allies’ legal bills could be running out of cash after spending nearly $3.7 million on legal fees in March.

Save America, Trump’s leadership PAC, has now spent $59.5 million on legal consulting since the start of 2023. It also incurred $886,000 in new legal debt in March, according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission late Saturday. More than $1.1 million of its March spending went toward two firms representing Trump in his New York criminal hush money trial.

The total spent on legal expenses for Save America was almost as much as Trump’s campaign committee in the month of March, highlighting how legal troubles have sucked up the cash of his political operation. Trump’s official campaign committee spent just over $3.7 million in March, with travel expenses, followed by payroll, occupying its biggest expenditure categories.

  • Rekhyt@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 months ago

    The way this article is written really annoys me. The headline talks about a super PAC, but it begins talking about Trump’s PAC. “Super PAC” is a specific term referring to organizations that are not allowed to directly coordinate with campaigns (and they can have large, anonymous donations, which is where a lot of the “dark money” in politics comes from).

    Here’s the actual meat the headline is referring to:

    Save America, Trump’s leadership PAC, was able to stay in the black in March due to another $5 million refund in March from Make America Great Again Inc., the Trump-backing super PAC. The super PAC has transferred $5 million to the leadership PAC each month going back to last July, with less regular transfers before then.

    The leadership PAC initially seeded the super PAC with $60 million before he announced his candidacy. Now, MAGA Inc. can only send $2.75 million more back to Save America, raising questions about whether Save America will continue to be the vehicle to fund legal bills in several cases linked to Trump.

    Basically, the only reason that the super PAC is involved with paying for Trump’s legal bills in the first place is because Trump’s PAC is paying for the legal bills, and the super PAC is returning the “startup loan” that was given to them originally.

    The point is, the well is drying up fast and Trump’s PAC is going to be out of money real soon, and he’ll have to rely on super PACs to campaign for him entirely.