Trump Creates New Fundraising Outfit That Could Pay His Legal Bills
HuffPost
His existing mechanism for using donor dollars to pay his personal legal expenses will soon disappear as his campaign committees wind down.
WASHINGTON ― Self-described billionaire Donald Trump is asking his millions of small-dollar donors ― many of them retirees ― to send money to a new political action committee that appears to be structured to let the president-elect pay his legal bills.
Trump’s presidential campaign by late Friday had already sent at least six emails to his supporters asking for money, with 80 cents of each dollar going to the newly created Never Surrender Inc.
The emails have offered donors a chance to win tickets to Trump’s inaugural, a 2025 Trump calendar and a “victory” hat. One email told recipients what an honor it was for Trump to have been elected president again, and then asked for money.
“We have a lot to work to do, but I know with you by my side, WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” the message sent on Wednesday reads, followed by a red “DONATE” button.
Rick Wilson, a former Republican political consultant who has criticized Trump as a con man since the start of his first presidential campaign in 2015, said he was not surprised that Trump is still taking advantage of his followers.