Trump PACs spent $50m on legal fees in 2023 as he faces multi-million dollar verdicts
Political action committees tied to Donald Trump spent roughly $50m on legal costs last year as the former president navigates four criminal indictments and a mountain of litigation that could threaten his White House ambitions and his family business.
Campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission outline a long list of legal expenses to more than 50 firms and attorneys, offering the best glimpse yet of the enormous costs of Mr Trump’s year of lawsuits and criminal cases.
The latest filings ahead of Wednesday’s deadline only scratch at the surface of the mounting legal expenses facing the Republican Party’s likely nominee for president. Jury trials have not yet started, he is in the middle of several appeals involving at least two cases to the US Supreme Court – and he cannot legally touch any of his campaign cash to pay out potentially tens of millions of dollars in a devastating
