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---=<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/08/trumps-political-operation-paid-more-than-4-3-million-to-jan-6-organizers-questions-remain-about-full-involvement/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/08/trumps-political-operation-paid-more-than-4-3-million-to-jan-6-organizers-questions-remain-about-full-involvement/</a>open secrets
former President <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/donald-trump/candidate?id=N00023864" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Donald Trump</a>’s political operation reported paying more than $4.3 million to people and firms that organized the Jan. 6 rally since the start of the 2020 election. However, questions remain about the full extent of the Trump campaign’s involvement in the “Save America” rally on the day of the Capitol attack as a House select committee’s sweeping requests attempt to shine some light on that day’s events.On Friday, the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol sent letters <a href="https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/select-committee-demands-records-related-january-6th-attack-social-media-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">requesting information</a> from 15 social media companies. On Aug. 25, the select committee <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/25/capitol-insurrection-committee-probe-506875" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">sent</a> <a href="https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/select-committee-issues-sweeping-demand-executive-branch-records" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">requests</a> to federal agencies for records related to the riot. The letters ask agencies from the <a href="https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/NARA.8.25.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">National Archives and Records Administration</a> to the <a href="https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/FBI.8.25.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> and the <a href="https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/DOJ.8.25.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Department of Justice</a> to expedite the gathering of the records, asking for information within <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/08/25/jan-6-panels-sweeping-docs-request-targets-trump-family-giuliani-mcenany-and-more/?sh=7630424f57c4" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">two-weeks</a>. The House subpoena names Caroline Wren, a veteran GOP fundraiser who received at least $170,000 from the Trump political operation as the campaign’s national finance consultant with the joint fundraising committee. Wren was listed as a <a href="https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20458554-nps-permit" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">“VIP Advisor</a>” on the <a href="https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20458554-nps-permit" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">permit granted by the National Park Service</a> for the Jan. 6 rally. Megan Powers, one of two operations managers listed on the rally <a href="https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20458554-nps-permit" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">permit</a>, is not listed in the House request but was paid around $300,000 as the Trump campaign’s <a href="https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20458568-megan-powers-linkedin" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">director of operations</a>. And <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cmte=C00580373&cycle=2020" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Make America Great Again PAC</a> paid around $20,000 more to Powers for “recount administrative consulting” in 2021.None of the other former <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/01/trump-tied-to-dc-protests-dark-money-and-shell-companies/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Trump campaign officials listed on the permit for the rally</a> on Jan. 6 are listed in the initial requests. The House select committee did request records related to <a href="https://twitter.com/annalecta/status/1347268730984787969?s=20" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Women for Trump</a> initiative co-chair  Gina Loudon, who <a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/January-6-Clearinghouse-US-Secret-Service-FOIA-CREW-June-29-2021-2.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">spoke at the rally</a>. The committee also requested records related to Amy Kremer, who notably co-founded <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/01/trump-tied-to-dc-protests-dark-money-and-shell-companies/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Women for America First</a>, the 501(c)(4) nonprofit “<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/dark-money/basics" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">dark money</a>” group that submitted the rally’s <a href="https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20458554-nps-permit" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">permit records</a> to the National Park Service.The select committee also requested letters related to Dustin Stockton, a co-organizer of the rally. Stockton was also a <a href="https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/08/21/we-build-the-wall-indictment/" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">spokesperson</a> for <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/tag/webuildthewall" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">WeBuildtheWall</a> when former White House strategist <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=79505" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Steve Bannon</a> and three others affiliated with the dark money group were <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/08/steve-bannon-indictment-spending-transparency/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">charged with fraud</a> related to the online fundraising effort. Stockton was not charged and records related to Bannon were requested by the House select committee.Stockton and Kremer <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/new-details-suggest-senior-trump-aides-knew-jan-6-rally-could-get-chaotic" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">told ProPublica</a> that they felt they needed to “urgently warn the White House of the possible danger” posed by the rally. They initially took their concerns to Katrina Pierson, a former Trump campaign spokesperson who reportedly served as a <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/10/trump-impeachement-stop-the-steal-speakers-467554" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">liaison</a> between the White House and rally organizers, but after “feeling that they weren’t gaining enough traction” Stockton claims she and Kremer agreed to call White House chief of staff <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00033631&cycle=CAREER" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Mark Meadows</a>. However, Kremer denies that she spoke with Meadows or any other White House official about Jan. 6 concerns.Records requested by the House select committee could shine light on claims about those encounters as well as other outstanding questions about the extent of the Trump campaign’s involvement. But since Trump’s campaign and joint fundraising committee funneled millions of dollars through layers of opaque firms and shell companies where the ultimate payee is hidden, the public may never know the full extent of the Trump campaign’s <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/01/trump-tied-to-dc-protests-dark-money-and-shell-companies/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">payments to organizers</a> involved in the protests. Trump’s 2020 campaign and joint fundraising committee, the <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/jfc/summary.php?id=C00618371" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Trump Make America Great Again Committee</a>, spent more than $771 million through <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?cycle=2020&vendor=American+Made+Media+Consultants" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">American Made Media Consultants LLC</a> during the 2020 election cycle. OpenSecrets data shows Trump’s joint fundraising committee routed another $685,000 through the secretive limited-liability company in 2021 with around $222,000 of that going to text messaging on Jan. 6. The Federal Election Commission <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3ewny/trump-campaign-laundering-campaign-finance-money-election-watchdog-says" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">generally</a> does not require campaigns to detail payments vendors make to subcontractors as long as the subcontractor does not work under the direction or control of the campaign and the campaign does not have undue influence over the vendor.But the role <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/06/trump-2020-campaign-ad-payments-hidden-by-layers-of-shell-companies/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">campaign aides</a> and members of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-trump-campaign-shell-company-family-ammc-lara-2020-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Trump’s inner circle</a> played in creating the limited-liability company as a “clearinghouse” to pay vendors, concealing details of millions of dollars in the campaign’s transactions, raises the question of whether it was truly separate from the campaign. The full roster of people working for Trump’s campaign remains hidden from the public and details of those payments, such as the nature of services provided and the amount of money changing hands, are shrouded in mystery.The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center filed an FEC <a href="https://campaignlegal.org/document/supplemental-fec-complaint-trump-payments-american-made-media-consultants" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">complaint</a> alleging that Trump’s 2020 political operation may have violated federal election law by concealing details of the campaign’s financial dealings. Recent campaign finance records reviewed by OpenSecrets show Trump’s political operation continued to pay <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?cycle=2020&vendor=Event+Strategies+Inc" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Event Strategies Inc.</a>, a firm named in a <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/01/trump-tied-to-dc-protests-dark-money-and-shell-companies/" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">permit for the rally</a> where two of the rally organizers worked. The firm received payments from Trump aligned super PAC <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/31/trump-political-groups-82-million-501958" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">Make America Great Again Action</a> as recently as Aug. 13, <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/378/202108269466562378/202108269466562378.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">FEC records</a> filed Aug. 26 show.  Trump’s political operation paid Event Strategies more than $2.5 million since the start of the 2020 election with around $800,000 of that coming from Trump’s Save America leadership PAC and Make America Great Again Action super PAC in 2021. Event Strategies is not the only vendor with Trump ties the Make America Great Again Action super PAC reported paying in its new FEC disclosure filed Aug. 26.On July 15, the Make America Great Again Action super PAC <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/31/trump-political-groups-82-million-501958" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">paid</a> $128,125 to Forward Strategies, a firm run by professional fundraiser Meredith O’Rourke, who was reportedly subpoenaed in <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/07/rudy-giuliani-scrutinized-foreign-lobbying-trump/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">federal prosecutors’ probe</a> of longtime Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. The super PAC also paid Red Elephant Strategy, a consulting firm run by Brian Walsh. He was president of America First Policies, the dark money arm of <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cycle=2020&cmte=C00637512" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">America First Action</a>, Trump’s one-time super PAC of choice and a roughly $1.8 million donor to Make America Great Again Action.Red Eagle Media Group, a firm that funneled money from Trump’s campaign to shell companies tied to ad buyers at the center of an <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/12/trump-2020-campaign-coordination/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: lighter; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out 0s, border 150ms ease-in-out 0s, color 150ms ease-in-out 0s; display: inline; max-height: 1e+06px;">alleged illegal coordination scheme</a> with the National Rifle Association and America First Action during the 2020 election cycle, received payments from the super PAC as well.  =ref name changes<a href="https://twitter.com/annalecta/status/1347268730984787969?s=20">https://twitter.com/annalecta/status/1347268730984787969?s=20</a>...Anna Massoglia@annalecta·Jan 7, 2021Replying to @annalectaBackground: the 501(c)(4) "dark money" nonprofit Women for America First is tied to a hybrid PAC originally named Women Vote Trump that was officially renamed 'Women Vote Smart' after the FEC flagged it for unauthorized use of a candidate’s name but calls itself 'Women for Trump'Anna Massoglia@annalecta·Jan 7, 2021Women for Trump describes itself as the "Official Home for Women Who Support President Trump" & shares its brand name with Women for Trump, a Trump campaign advisory board.
Trump’s 2020 campaign formally disavowed other closely named groups to the FEC—but not Women for Trump....---ref 2 permit foia hvy redeact butAll standard prohibited itemsTactical vests Ballistic helmets ---ref to mainno lnx hillsdale big banner adtrump political groups have over $100M in the bankLed by Save America PAC, the former president's new political outfit, the three groups brought in $82 million in the first half the year.
Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference.In this July 11, 2021, photo Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Texas. | LM Otero, File/AP Photo
By ALEX ISENSTADT and MERIDITH MCGRAW
Updated: 08/01/2021 
Former President Donald Trump’s political committees brought in $82 million during the first half of 2021 and have $102 million in the bank, according to federal filings made public Saturday evening.
The figures, shared first with POLITICO, underscore the profound reach of Trump’s fundraising power. While the former president is out of office and has been deplatformed on social media sites, he maintains a massive online donor network that he could lean on should he wage a 2024 comeback bid.
The scenario is virtually unprecedented: Never in history has a former president banked nine figures’ worth of donations to power a political operation. Over the first six months of the year, Trump’s political groups whipped up supporters with baseless claims of election fraud to pull in cash on a scale similar to the GOP’s official political arms, the Republican National Committee and the party’s House and Senate campaign committees.
The former president’s fundraising was spread across three committees: Save America, a leadership PAC he launched shortly after losing the 2020 election; Make America Great Again PAC, his old campaign account which was converted into a PAC this year; and a joint fundraising outfit that sends its funds to the other two groups. Campaign finance disclosures filed late Saturday evening showed that Save America took in the bulk of the funds — more than $62 million — and finished June with just over $90 million in its account.
Leadership PACs like Save America have a $5,000 donation limit per donor, per year, but there are few restrictions on how those groups can spend their money. Trump has spent little from the fund so far this year, but he can use it to pay for travel, events, advisers, ad campaigns, and supporting candidates and other political activities.
There is one notable restriction: The leadership PAC funds cannot be used to finance a presidential campaign.
Earlier this year, Trump also gave his blessing to a newly formed super PAC, Make America Great Again Action, which is allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money. The organization, which is helmed by former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, has already invested heavily to bolster Trump-endorsed candidates in a pair of special elections. The super PAC raised just over $5 million from its founding in early March through the end of June, according to a disclosure filed Saturday evening.
Trump briefly slowed his fundraising efforts following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot but resumed it this spring. Much of what Trump has raised is expected to be used ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, in which the former president is expected to play an active role, according to a person familiar with the matter.
“On behalf of the millions of men and women who share my outrage and want me to continue to fight for the truth, I am grateful for your support,” Trump said in a statement.
Trump has been forceful in urging his supporters to route their cash through Save America, even at the expense of the Republican Party’s campaign organizations. During an appearance before the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this year, Trump said that that the “only” way to give to Trump-aligned candidates was through Save America. In the weeks after, Trump attorneys sent cease-and-desist letters to the party’s committees requesting that they stop using his name in fundraising appeals, which the party ignored.
Trump’s political operation has been sending out a daily battery of fundraising text messages to supporters, many of them reiterating his unfounded claims that the election was stolen. Trump has spent months lavishing praise on election audits taking place in states like Arizona, though a person familiar with Trump’s campaign finances said that none of his groups have donated money to fund those efforts out of a desire not to taint their independence.
FILED UNDER: PACS, GOP, ELECTIONS, DONALD TRUMP, DONALD TRUMP 2020,...=refFEC FORM 3XREPORT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTSFor Other Than An Authorized CommitteeFILING FEC-15332651. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN ACTION INC    C/O BULLDOG COMPLIANCE    138 CONANT STREET 2ND FLOOR    BEVERLY, Massachusetts 019152. FEC Committee ID #: C007714773. This committee has NOT qualified as a multicandidate committee (see FEC Form 1M)4. Report Type = MID-YEARFiled: 07/31/2021SUMMARY PAGEDETAILED SUMMARY PAGESchedule A Filings (ITEMIZED RECEIPTS)Schedule B Filings (ITEMIZED DISBURSEMENTS)SUMMARY PAGE

5. Covering Period 03/03/2021 Through 06/30/2021

Column AThis Period Column BYear To Date6. (a) Cash on hand, January 1, 2021 0.00    (b) Cash on hand at Beginning of Reporting Period 0.00     (c) Total Receipts (from line 19) 5076300.10 5076300.10    (d) Subtotal (6(b) + 6(c) for A, 6(a) + 6(c) for B) 5076300.10 5076300.107. Total Disbursements 167928.72 167928.728. Cash on Hand at Close of Reporting Period 4908371.38 4908371.389. Debts and Obligations Owed TO the Committee 0.00     Itemize all on SCHEDULE C or SCHEDULE D10. Debts and Obligations Owed BY the Committee 0.00     Itemize all on SCHEDULE C or SCHEDULE D
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