Recent FEC filings have revealed that former President Donald Trump's affiliated committees, including MAGA PAC and Save America leadership PAC, spent over $51.2 million on legal fees, impacting his 2024 election effort with a significant cash crunch. Trump's fundraising also saw a 20% drop in the fourth quarter to $19 million. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign and his super PAC Never Back Down spent a combined $158.5 million in 2023. Despite this, DeSantis did not win a single county in the state he competed in, and his super PAC burned through $130 million while raising relatively little. The DeSantis campaign faced internal issues and strategic mistakes, leading to its eventual implosion.
Trump’s legal travails drained $51.2 million from his 2024 bid https://t.co/MVn5XHeXun https://t.co/vK3IL5XVB9
Failed political operation to make DeSantis the GOP nominee cost $168 million https://t.co/eqb5hQi831
4 ways DeSantis and his allies burned through $160 million https://t.co/uymYE2M1e4
Biden builds war chest of $117 million as Trump spends $50 million on legal fees https://t.co/DPimvo6n0J https://t.co/nUMfBQMiHR
The failed political operation to make @RonDeSantis the GOP presidential nominee cost $168M Reporting by @AP https://t.co/RkqbSKXNi7 #FlaPol
Trump's political operation is spending heavily - as he uses campaign donations to help underwrite his mounting legal bills, new filings show. https://t.co/qjjTFsVmz7 https://t.co/qjjTFsVmz7
Biden holds early cash lead, Trump's legal bills mount: Takeaways from new campaign finance reports https://t.co/bxtvPBp5jh https://t.co/3ld1tfsLmm
The toll of legal fees on Trump’s 2024 campaign, in context https://t.co/5BbRKmiHdp
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies spent nearly $170 million for him to get utterly humiliated in his bid for the 2024 Republican nomination. Story: https://t.co/xgtfuHJdqg https://t.co/U50eCZZFR4
That Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies spent so heavily in 2023 just to come in a distant second place in the Iowa Caucuses illustrates the failed promises of his presidential bid. https://t.co/y8eDxj7nZh
Former president Donald Trump has been fined or penalized to the tune of more than $88 million in New York courthouses since May of 2023. Here’s what to know about the various penalties: https://t.co/yHfoa6fbzx
Do you think knowing Trump is using his fundraising on legal fees rather than his campaign is the reason his 4th quarter donations dropped 20%?
NEW from the Daily Caller last night -- We interviewed more than a dozen former DeSantis/Never Back Down staffers to ask what went wrong for DeSantis 2024 Some of the quotes, like this one, are fairly shocking @DailyCaller @reaganreese_ @henryrodgersdc https://t.co/cjR9DEiw9G
Trump's PAC Has Just $5 Million in the Bank After Blowing $50 Million on Legal Fees https://t.co/NO3JS53xyv
$50 MILLION IN LEGAL FEES! The Save America PAC and Make America Great Again PACS have spent $50 million in donor money on Trump's legal fees! As a billionaire, I'm not sure why Trump's PAC's are paying his legal fees at all.
Are you surprised that Trumps' fundraising dropped 20% in the 4th quarter to only $19 million?
After spending millions last year, Ron DeSantis and his financial backers exited the presidential race with nothing to show for it https://t.co/ND4ctOAbnh https://t.co/ND4ctOAbnh
How Ron DeSantis Blew $154 Million and Won Nothing “His campaign was beset with mistakes from the beginning, with a disastrous, glitch-filled launch on X. He over-hired, forcing layoffs, and attracted unwanted attention for his taste for private jets.” https://t.co/eU9SmB7v36
Trump Legal Bills Eat Up One Quarter of His 2023 Fundraising. @WSJ https://t.co/nbes9KCoFg
Wow. In case you needed any more evidence that @RonDeSantis is still working to undermine President Trump, here it is. It was recently revealed that @club4growth ran anti-Trump ads with nearly $3 million from @RonDeSantis’s PAC @NvrBackDown24… and now @Cuderman Peter Cuderman,… https://t.co/TcgJdSiQU3 https://t.co/MXEk8oBRA6
Those legal fees cost Trump $30 million in donor money. Doesn't matter. he won. But that becomes a problem as we head into the general election and Democrats hold a HUGE cash advantage. https://t.co/YBtiNw8Bs0
#Florida @GovRonDeSantis’ failed presidential campaign & its affiliated super PAC, Never Back Down, spent a combined $158.5M in 2023, an eye-popping sum for a candidate who didn’t win a single county in the lone state he competed in. https://t.co/O3XvqJpRSk via @SteveLemongello
Trump Has Racked Up Nearly $40 Million In Legal Fees Since His First Indictment https://t.co/eFYWqTd1Pv https://t.co/zPRiQTfs4m
Trump’s political action committees rack up nearly $29 million in legal bills in six months https://t.co/2JDzV4xsln
Trump spent more than he took in during 2023 MAGA Donors money pays for his enormous legal bills. Oh and $18k a month for Melania’s fashion designer…no wonder he keeps doing the court house stunts to dupe more into paying his bills… https://t.co/F3ESowDSnH
Trump’s campaign PACs paid out an astonishing $50 million to lawyers in 2023. Story … https://t.co/x99oYTCIP9
Former president Donald Trump is diverting more than $55 million in donor money to his mounting legal fees as he faces multiple lawsuits and 91 felony charges across four criminal cases. https://t.co/zeL166faBF
More 2024 warnings signs for the GOP - Trump spent $50m on legal bills in 2023 and spent more than he raised. Via @politico. Big yikes. https://t.co/6D3WBYPZXN
Trump’s court battles boost and drain his campaign coffers https://t.co/rZMwccgcbq
DeSantis couldn’t hold donors’ interest as his campaign and allies spent $150 million https://t.co/MnrjY0V5KS
DeSantis, super PAC spent $158.5 million during presidential run in 2023 https://t.co/cN1CwOniBU https://t.co/6Eu00Y1B0C
BREAKING: DeSantis, super PAC spent $158.5 million during presidential run in 2023 https://t.co/JUd6CSB4Lr
Leaks, Loyalists And One Big Loss: Insiders Describe What Doomed DeSantis From The Start https://t.co/3NNPqYNfJ3
Trump spent more than $55 million in donor money on legal fees, DeSantis's super PAC burns through $130 million, and Haley got a major cash boost from billionaire donors. Here's what the latest FEC filings show, via @MaeveReston @ccemorse @KnowlesHannah https://t.co/ViwcGImkxK
Donald Trump’s court battles boost and drain his campaign coffers https://t.co/CWcxDU0jZl
Donald Trump faces a cash crunch as he tries to defend himself in court, lock down the GOP and turn to a general election against increasingly money-flush Joe Biden. https://t.co/Zyn9SRMvIY
Donors backing Donald Trump raised a combined $188 million last year to return him to the White House, a figure heavily offset by legal bills that are depleting his coffers https://t.co/hT7Abv7yaC https://t.co/hT7Abv7yaC
Pro-DeSantis super PAC NBD brought in just $14.5 million in the second half of the year, far short of their goals. (In August, they told donors they needed $50M more by the end of 2023). w/ @MaeveReston @ccemorse https://t.co/o49XlC2KQg
Trump spent more than $55 million in donor money on legal fees last year; DeSantis super PAC burned through $130m while raising relatively little money https://t.co/CAEhFAo0gX
Trump committees spent nearly $30 million on legal costs in second half of 2023 https://t.co/3X15kGPNBW https://t.co/sQxVXWOaHQ
Former President Donald Trump’s affiliated committees spent about $27 million on lawyers’ bills and related legal fees in the last six months of 2023, according to new federal election filings. https://t.co/GUxZTBs8zt
Republicans Waste $167M in Losing Effort to Defeat Trump in NH, IA Not to mention, @RonDeSantis’s PAC @NvrBackDown24 wasted over $130 Million supporting DeSantis’s delusional campaign for President. In the end, THEY ALL BACKED DOWN! https://t.co/Ul7Qaf6CSW
DeSantis and his allies spent over $7,000 per vote in the Florida governor’s failed bid for the presidency, FEC filings show More: https://t.co/XFLQWvrAtL https://t.co/XFLQWvrAtL
Donald Trump's legal bills drained $51.2 million from his 2024 election effort https://t.co/ta1PpLAONS
Florida Gov. DeSantis’ presidential campaign spent more of its funds on travel and staff than on ads in 2023, according to a new fundraising report detailing the financial stress on his campaign in its final days. https://t.co/YhTBuuzbMP
This is a great read. More DeSantis campaign incompetence exposed. All of them pointing fingers. Blaming each other. Leaking. Spilling all the tea. Disaster of a campaign from start to finish. Nobody in this article comes off looking good or sympathetic. https://t.co/vqv0dgFdzJ
Trump spent nearly $30m of his donor contributions on legal fees in just six months https://t.co/R9uRkuGyRc
NEW: Leaks, Loyalists And One Big Loss: Insiders Describe What Doomed DeSantis From The Start Read my latest w/ @reaganreese_ here first for @DailyCaller: https://t.co/61D3CAaMY3
"I knew we were going to lose almost immediately after I got there" "honestly I love the governor ... but he does hate people" We went inside the walls of the DeSantis campaign to get the real story from people who were there. Read our revelations here: https://t.co/3NNPqYNfJ3
"The internet broke us" "I knew we were going to lose almost immediately after I got there" "honestly I love the governor ... but he does hate people" The Daily Caller went inside the walls of the DeSantis campaign to get the real story of its implosion from people who were…
Here come the Trump FEC filings...first up, MAGA PAC (formerly his 2016/2020 campaign cmte). It received $5.9M from his Save America leadership PAC, spent $5.9M (including over $4M on legal fees), and had $572,828 remaining https://t.co/zfTrsMmIlg
.@RonDeSantis would be an awful President going off of the FEC reports. He likes to call himself a “fiscal conservative”. Meanwhile, new FEC filings show his campaign @TeamDeSantis spent more $ than they raised in the final three months of 2023. SPENT: $9,304,641 RAISED:…
LAWFARE: Democrats celebrate the fact that their lawfare against President Trump cost him $50 million last year - money that would have been spent defeating Biden at the ballot box in November. They're not done. They want to bleed his donors dry. https://t.co/bPs6A9ZU75