- Save America, the PAC of former President Donald Trump, spent over $21 million in legal fees for Trump and his advisors this year.
- The PAC had cash in hand of less than 4 million dollars.
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ PAC Never Back Down reported that it had close to $100 Million in its bank.
The political action committee of former President Donald Trump spent tens and tens millions of dollars on legal fees during the first half of this year. It currently has less than four million dollars. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, his main Republican opponent, is currently in the lead. Ron DeSantis is still a ways behind him in polls, but has more than $100 million in the bank.
Trump is embroiled in a number of state and federal cases, including allegations that he mishandled classified papers after leaving the White House and that he instructed his employees to delete security footage from Mar-A-Lago, despite being subpoenaed for it.
Save America, Trump’s PAC has paid a high price to be involved in multiple high-stakes lawsuits at the same time: over $21 million. Reuters ReviewRecent FEC filings of the PAC. The money wasn’t just spent on Trump, but also his advisers.
In addition to Save America, Trump also has the financial backing of his super PAC, MAGA Inc — it reported having $30.8 million in cash on hand at the end of June — as well as his campaign, which reported it has $22.5 million in the bank.
Even though this is true, the combined cash of Trump’s super PAC Never Back Down and his campaign, PACs, and PACs doesn’t match the amount reported by DeSantis. Never Back Down’s super PAC had $96.8 millions in its bank account at the end of the month of June.
DeSantis’ presidential campaign looks bleak, even with his vast cash advantage.
DeSantis was still behind Trump by 37 percentages points in a New York Times poll where a majority said they didn’t want someone who would be dedicated to the GOP. fighting “woke” ideology. DeSantis has also laid off employees in recent weeks. There are about a dozen or so staffersAs top campaign officials informed outlets, the Governor plans to Launch his campaign.
