According to a new report by The Washington Post, Donald Trump’s leadership PAC has not yet used any of the roughly $75 million raised to help finance election reviews. Instead, Trump is using the money to pay for some of his personal expenses, including travel and legal fees, as well as staff pay.
After his election loss, Trump has been milking his supporters for money with the excuse that it would help him overturn the election. But it appears they’ve been conned by their leader once again.
Trump’s PAC was formed after the 2020 election to help fund the Trump team’s efforts to challenge results. Yet people familiar with the PAC’s finances told the news outlet that the committee has held onto the money so Trump can use it at will.
The PAC, which will need to publicly disclose its fundraising and spending for the first half of the year by July 31, previously reported in Federal Election Commission filings earlier this year that it had collected nearly $31.2 million by the end of 2020.
The details shared by the sources, who spoke to the Post on the condition of anonymity to describe the group’s finances, come as Trump has continued to advance false claims of a stolen 2020 election, and has through his PAC sent out statements supporting election audits, including the ongoing one in Arizona’s Maricopa County.
A Trump spokeswoman did not respond to The Post’s questions regarding the PAC’s finances.
