Trump Raised $255.4 Million in 8 Weeks as He Sought to Overturn Election Result

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party raised $255.4 million in the eight-plus weeks following the Nov. 3 election, new federal filings show, as he sought to undermine and overturn the results with unfounded accusations of fraud.

Mr. Trump’s strongest fund-raising came in the immediate aftermath of the election, such as after major media organizations declared that Joseph R. Biden Jr. had won on Nov. 7. But even as Mr. Trump and his legal team lost case after case — in venues including the Supreme Court — his donors continued to give repeatedly. More than two million contributions flowed in to Mr. Trump, the Republican National Committee and their shared accounts from Nov. 24 through the end of the year.

The donations were made public over the weekend in a Federal Election Commission filing by WinRed, the digital platform that Republicans use to process online donations. Mr. Trump’s campaign committee, joint committees with the R.N.C., and the new political action committee he formed after the election, Save America, will all file additional disclosures on Sunday with more details on spending and fund-raising.

Mr. Trump had previously announced that he and the R.N.C. had raised $207.5 million in the first month following the election. The new records show that his fund-raising fell sharply in December compared with November, with an especially notable dip after Dec. 14, the day the Electoral College formally cast its ballots to make Mr. Biden the nation’s 46th president, and reality may have set in for some of Mr. Trump’s supporters about the futility of the efforts to overturn the result.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/politics/trump-voter-fraud-fundraising.html

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"There's a Sucker Born Every Minute" -- P.T. Barnum

[bluestarone]

1. YEP

255 million of the DUMBEST dollars ever spent!

[Archae]

9. IF they were spent!

I bet $100 million went right into Donald's pocket.
At least.

[AZ8theist]

10. The P.T. Barnum syndrome....

[Irish_Dem]

2. Trump's business model: Lying for profit.

That is all he knows.

[WichitaTim]

3. Where Trump's recount fundraising dollars are really going...

..."Trump could use money from his new PAC, called Save America — the existence of which was reported for the first time by The New York Times — to travel the country and stage rallies, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. He could promote candidates who were loyal to him and make donations to their campaigns. And, if he wanted to, he could place his family members and former administration officials on payroll, and continue to host lavish events at his properties without tripping up campaign finance law."[link:https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/12/trump-fraud-claims-fundraising-436188|

Essentially the money he is syphoning off of his cult followers is money he can use predominantly anyway he wants. It becomes in essence Trump family money. Here again Trump corruption on full display.

[diverdownjt]

4. Why would you contribute to a legal defense fund for a man....

Who never pays his laywers????

[TigressDem]

8. LOL thanks. I needed that. nt

[sarcasmo]

5. Quarter of a Billion dollars for Trump's debt.

[Kablooie]

6. That will go a long way to paying his future legal fees.

And I expect it was technically legal so lawsuits can't take it away from him.

[TigressDem]

7. NOW legally, what is supposed to happen to that money?

Anyone know what the actual rules on this kind of excessive fund raising on a fake issue is supposed to be treated?

Give it back?

[diverdownjt]

11. My bet is it moved offshore as soon as it was in the accounts.