TFG's PAC Keeps Losing Money. His Lawyers Keep Cashing In.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-pac-keeps-losing-money-his-lawyers-keep-cashing-in?ref=home
For the third straight quarter, TFGs former campaign committee turned in a fundraising loss, shedding $1.2 million to start 2022. And the reason for almost all of the TFG campaigns money problems is a familiar one: lawyers.
According to a campaign finance disclosure filed in recent days, the committeeMake America Great Again PAChanded over about $1.1 million in legal fees between January and the end of March.
Thats more than 40 percent of the PACs $2.6 million in total expenses, for the PACs biggest deficit since TFG left office. The $1.4 million it raised barely covered its legal bills.
The loss cut MAGA PACs cash on hand from about $6.66 million at years end to around $5.47 million as of March 31. The committee, which TFG converted from his old campaign after leaving office, now holds about half the $10.7 million it had at the start of 2021.
In the first half of the year, fresh off of election challenges and an impeachment trial, MAGA PAC ate the vast majority of TFGs political legal costsabout $7.8 million of the $8 million total. The payouts plummeted in the back half of 2021, with a total $1.7 million spread over those six months, indicating another uptick to kick off 2022.