Former President Donald Trump spent more than $50 million in political action committee funds on costly legal fees last year, according to a new campaign report.
Trump’s save america and make america great again The PAC poured millions of dollars into six lawsuits against the former president, ending the year with a total of $5.7 million in cash, according to Federal Election Commission records.
The fundraising committee started this year with a total of $18.5 million in cash, but Make America Great Again plans to send $42.5 million to Save America in 2023 to recover funds lost in the legal battle. Did.
However, the 77-year-old main election committee is still Over $33 million Cash on hand as of the end of 2023.
President Trump currently faces 91 criminal charges, two federal, one state, and one local, all of which are expected to go to trial in 2024.
Additionally, the former president was convicted early last year of sexually abusing Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room in 1996, allegedly inflating the Trump Organization’s wealth, and magazine reporter E.・He is facing a civil lawsuit in New York for defaming Gene Carroll.
Last week, President Trump was ordered to pay $83.3 million in damages to Carroll, but has vowed to appeal the decision. A verdict in his $370 million business fraud case is expected this month.
President Trump paid nearly $5 million to Chris Kiss, the lawyer who represented the former president on a charge of felony business fraud in Manhattan and a charge of illegally storing national security documents in federal court in Miami.
President Biden is also being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Hur for allegedly keeping classified documents in his Delaware mansion and Washington, D.C. office during his time in the Senate and as President Obama.
However, reports say the 81-year-old commander-in-chief is not expected to be charged at the end of the investigation.
Alina Haba, President Trump’s spokesperson and Trump Organization civil litigation attorney, raised $2.3 million, according to filings.
Three other attorneys, John Lauro, Todd Blanche, and Stephen Sadow, have been awarded approximately $2.5 million and $2 million, respectively, to represent the former president against federal and Georgia election interference charges. dollar, earned an income of $1.5 million.
Meanwhile, the Justice Department spent $23 million of taxpayer money investigating Trump, but only $6.4 million on the case against Biden.
