Trump biographer raises questions about his wealth as campaign donors foot the bill for his many lawyers

Former President Donald Trumpā€™s PACs have spent about $50 million in donor money on his legal bills last year, sources told The New York Times.

The ā€œstaggering sumā€ spent by Trump on his legal fees and investigation-related expenses is about the same amount his lone remaining GOP primary opponent Nikki Haley raised across all her committees last year, the Timesā€™ Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher write. Federal Election Commission filings this week are expected to detail the full extent of Trumpā€™s ā€œenormous financial strain,ā€ they added.

Trump, who has a penchant for relying on campaign donations to pay his lawyers if he actually pays them at all, has used his Save America PAC to cover his legal costs. When the PAC ran low on cash last year, Trump asked for an unusual refund of $60 million that had been transferred to the pro-Trump MAGA Inc. PAC. Trump has also been directing 10% of donations raised through Save America to a PAC that primarily pays his lawyers, according to the Times.

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    9 months ago

    Pretty sure you can use raised funds for anything as long as you disclose what youā€™re using it for. The questionable part is when he sends an email from his campaign saying ā€œTrump needs your help to stop the woke mobā€ or whatever and then in the fine print says ā€œmoney goes to [some ambiguously named PAC called like 'USA Defenseā€ which was created just to pay Trumpā€™s legal bills)"ā€¦he technically didnā€™t say it was for his political campaign.