Haley Campaign Press Release - Trump Committees Spend $8 Million on Legal Fees In One Month

Trump Using Leadership PACs as Legal Slush Fund

CHARLESTON, S.C. — While Joe Biden is raking in the cash, stockpiling resources to win the general election, Donald Trump spent a stunning $8 million in campaign donations on legal fees in a single month. At this rate, he could spend $100 million on court cases this year—more than double what he spent in 2023.

Trump is also moving cash from his super PAC, MAGA Inc., to his leadership PACs to pay his legal bills. Save America reported $5,008,508 in receipts in January — $5 million of which was a transfer from MAGA Inc. MAGA, Inc. cannot be used to pay legal fees.

Here's more:

• Trump spent a combined almost $8 million on legal fees between his four January filings.
• Save America owes more than $1.8 million to the lawyers representing Trump in his various criminal and civil cases.
• The leadership PAC, Save America, reported $5,008,508 in receipts in January — $5 million of which was a transfer from MAGA Inc.
• Trump spent more on legal fees ($831,879.35) than the campaign spent on payroll ($581,334.82)
• Of the $7.4 million MAGA Inc. raised in January, $5 million came from Timothy Mellon, a banking heir and businessman who has given a total of $15 million to the super PAC and also donated $15 million to the super PAC supporting RFK Jr.
• Lara Trump doubled down on her promise to spend "every single penny" of Republican National Committee funds on Trump's presidential campaign-and unbelievably said paying Trump's legal bills were of "big interest" to Republican voters and said the RNC should be paying those bills, perhaps forgetting it is the RNC's job to help all Republicans up and down the ballot.

"Donald Trump only cares about one person—himself," said Haley national spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas. "He has turned his presidential campaign into a legal defense slush fund and will not have the resources or focus to go up against Joe Biden and the Democrats. He's convinced seniors to take $5 out of their Social Security checks, persuading them it is going to help elect him but is really going to pay for high-priced show lawyers. No matter what you think about Donald Trump, this is a losing strategy for November."