The Trump campaign has increased its legal spending in August as the former president continues to face court battles on multiple fronts. Three committees associated with Donald Trump’s 2024 run for the presidency released financial disclosures with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on September 20. These filings revealed that a total of approximately $2 million was paid in legal fees by these committees in August. According to FEC records, the Trump campaign and its financial allies spent over $27.5 million on legal fees in August, a significant increase from the $540,000 spent in July.
Save America, a qualified leadership political action committee, covered most of Trump’s legal expenses during this period. It paid around $1.9 million to various firms for legal consulting or reimbursements for legal expenses. The principal campaign committee of Donald J. Trump for President 2024 Inc., along with the super PAC Make America Great Again Inc., spent a much smaller amount of approximately $145,000.
Furthermore, Save America reported debts totaling $3.7 million at the end of August, with nearly all of it being attributed to legal services.
In terms of fundraising and cash flow, Save America raised only $2,137 while spending about $2.4 million in August and had approximately $4.8 million remaining at the start of September.
Despite these ongoing financial matters and with just weeks left until November’s general election, Trump still faces unresolved legal troubles on various fronts.
One case involves federal election issues related to events that took place on January 6th, 2021 in Washington D.C., while another case alleges his involvement in an attempt to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results.
Additionally, there is an appeal by special counsel Jack Smith regarding a dismissed case concerning Trump’s handling of classified documents.
Moreover,
Trump has yet to be sentenced following his conviction on multiple felonies related to a New York business case.
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan stated that he will delay sentencing until after the 2024 presidential election.
In another development from August,
Trump was removed from a civil complaint filed by Black Lives Matter D.C., as well as others who initially filed it back in June 2020.
The U.S Department of Justice substituted itself for Trump because he was acting within his official capacity during the events central to this particular case according to court notice.
Throughout these proceedings,
the former president has consistently denied any wrongdoing and repeatedly claimed that these charges are politically motivated
