Donald Trump's new political committee took in an additional $30 million within the final weeks of 2020 as he made relentless and baseless claims of voter fraud, new filings show.
And Trump's Save America political action committee started this year with a considerable $31.1 million in cash reserves because the former president faces a second impeachment trial within the United States Senate and works to cement his standing as an everlasting force in Republican politics.
Sunday's filings offered a snapshot of the continued support from Trump's loyal supporter base. He formed Save America shortly after losing the election last November. whilst his legal team's claims of fraud were tossed call at courts around the country, Trump aggressively sought new donations, imploring his contributors to assist fund his "election defense." While his political operation pulled in big sums, the new filings show his campaign spent much more on outreach to his supporters than on-court fights.
The first and largest cut of contributions Trump raised after the election visited Save America, a serious vehicle for his post-presidential political activity. He can use the leadership PAC to donate to other candidates, also as fund travel and staffing. Federal rules set few restrictions on leadership PAC spending, which campaign watchdogs warn can become slush funds for politicians.
Save America spent little within the waning weeks of 2020, with a touch of quite $200,000 getting to underwrite merchant fees at the web fundraising platform, Winsted, the filings with the Federal committee show. The filings cover activities between November 24 through New Year's Eve.
Trump could face substantial legal expenses within the impeachment trial slated to start during a little over every week within the Senate. As CNN first reported, Trump suddenly lost his impeachment defense with the departure of 5 lawyers over the weekend. By Sunday evening, he had announced two new attorneys, David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor, Jr., would oversee his defense.
While Save America spent little within the final weeks of 2020, Trump's campaign committee racked up millions in expenses. They included quite $4.4 million to roughly twenty-four law firms.
But his spending to succeed in his supporters dwarfed the campaign's legal payments, the filings show. The Trump campaign's advertising expenses during the last 39 days of the year included quite $5 million in "placed media," another $4.5 million for online advertising, and $2 million for advertising via text messages -- as Trump waged an all-out PR campaign to say the election had been stolen.
A CNN tally shows Trump sent quite 600 fundraising emails and quite 220 text messages between Election Night and Epiphany, the day a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol in an unsuccessful plan to block congressional certification of President Joe Biden's victory.
Millions of more dollars might be available to Trump's political operation as he's employed to increase his influence over the Republican Party.
His campaign account started in January with $10.7 million in remaining cash and touch quite $2.7 million in debts, filings show. The Trump Make America Great Again Committee -- a joint fundraising committee that has included the Republican National Committee, Trump's campaign, and Saves America -- started the year with quite $59.8 million remaining in its coffers -- a piece of which is destined for Trump's new PAC. Under the fundraising agreement, Save America receives the primary 75% of donations collected through the Trump Make America Great Again Committee.
Save America already has become a part of Trump's political infrastructure.
Following a gathering last week with House legislator Kevin McCarthy of California, Save America issued a press release, declaring "President Trump's popularity has never been stronger than it's today, and his endorsement means quite perhaps any endorsement at any time."
The PAC also commissioned and released a poll on Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney's reelection prospects as a part of an attempt to pay back the Republicans for voting to impeach Trump and to issue a warning to other Republicans to not conflict with the previous president.
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