Just how much does the Trump reelection campaign owe?
CBS is reporting that 60% of the money raised for fighting the 'election fraud' is actually going to pay off some of the debt for the election campaign.
Despite having raised over $1 billion since 2017 Trump's camp pissed it away.
In January, Trump spent $10 million on a Super Bowl ad when he didn’t even have a Democratic challenger.
The campaign sunk $1.6 million on TV ads in Washington, D.C — he got 4% of the vote in 2016
Trump charged his own campaign to stay at his properties to the tune of more than $7.4 million since 2017.
Money also went toward legal fees ($38.7 million), merchandise ($35.2 million), and relocating the Republican National Convention after a fight with North Carolina’s governor over coronavirus safety measures.
Nearly $100,000 was spent on copies of Donald Trump Jr.’s book to help it get to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list.
The campaign itself also spent more than $1 million on companies that provide chartered plane services in September, even though Mr. Trump travels exclusively on Air Force One.
When Mr. Trump himself travels on Air Force One for political travel, the campaign must reimburse taxpayers for its use. As of the end of September, the single largest debt that Mr. Trump’s campaign owed was to the Treasury Department: $670,000.
Meanwhile, $310 million can’t be accounted for because it went through limited liability firms.
www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/trump-campaign-cash-woes
The campaign also owes lots of states directly
www.newsweek.com/trump-2020-campaign-rally-debt-1443928?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true
Trump Campaign Has Almost $1 Million In Unpaid Public Safety Costs
President Donald Trump has long touted his affection for the nation's police forces and has often referred to himself as the "law and order president," but his campaign has racked up nearly $1 million in unpaid public-safety costs for his rallies, with some debts going all the way back to 2016.
Invoices from ten cities — including El Paso, Texas; Mesa, Arizona; Erie, Pennsylvania; and Green Bay, Wisconsin — show that the president and his campaign still owe local police and fire departments large sums of money for providing him with protection during his various rallies over the last three years.
Not all cities entered into formal agreements with the president and some deployed their own forces as necessary, according to an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity.
And
Overall, cities are asking for at least $841,219 from the president. But some say if there was no legal agreement with these cities, his campaign is not obligated to pay them. In some cases, the Secret Service did request these services.
So the state has paid / will pay a lot of his campaign costs. He's unlikely to pay up on a lot of that whilst hes still in office and no one will persue him or the Republican party for that debt whilst he's president.
It strikes me that if the Republican Party concede defeat all these debts start being called in and can be pursued legally. And this just gets added to Trumps other debts.
It almost sounds as if the Party is flat broke. I wonder to what extent this is influencing decisions....