One of the richest political action committees in the country is under the control of someone who will soon not be an elected official at all.
President Trump’s Save America PAC will be one of the primary beneficiaries of his campaign’s effort to wring every possible dollar out of his futile effort to overturn the results of the presidential contest. That effort generated $150 million in contributions over the course of November, more than Trump’s joint fundraising committee with the Republican National Committee raised in the second quarter of 2020. Not all that money goes to the Save America PAC, but a large chunk of it will.
The president isn’t the only Trump who appears to be exploring the boundaries of campaign fundraising. Aides to his son Donald Trump Jr. have formed a political action committee called Save the U.S. Senate PAC that is focused on the runoff elections in Georgia in early January. It will produce ads starring Trump Jr. that aim to boost turnout for the contests. Continue reading.