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Trump campaign outraised by Biden, legal bills a drag
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's fundraising slowed in the last three months of 2023 and he was outraised by his likely general election rival, Democrat Joe Biden, disclosures submitted to the Federal Election Commission showed on Wednesday.
The disclosures also showed the heavy drag Trump's legal expenses have become, with the biggest super PAC supporting the former president sending nearly two-thirds of what it raised in the second half of 2023 to a separate Trump group that has been paying his legal bills.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-election-campaign-raised-19-million-q4-disclosure-2024-02-01/
Running for the presidency is enormously expensive. The allocation of resources being one of the more challenging aspects of managing a campaign. The problem for Don being this.
On the one hand, he is running to be prez again because he feels it's his best chance to stay out of jail. As I mentioned, it requires a lot of money. On the other hand, there's the more immediate need to mount a defense against the numerous criminal charges filed against him in numerous jurisdictions in case he loses the election. The #1 priority being maintaining his freedom.
When he ran in 2016 he famously claimed because he is "really, really, rich" he could basically self fund his campaign. Hmmmmmm. These days he's funding his legal defenses with small dollar donations from the rubes. In part by skimming 10% off donations going to his campaign PAC for legal fees. Why not pay for it himself with his vast wealth? It could be because he's facing the payment of nearly half a billion dollars in fines to E. Jean and NY state for fraud and defamation. Not to mention the possibility the Trump Org.'s businesses in NY will be shut down. Like his charitable foundation was when he was caught stealing from it.
Gosh, he's got a lot on his plate. So dig deep minions. Your messiah needs you more than ever. Send $5, $10, $25, or whatever you can afford to his new PAC..........."I can't own the libs from prison."