A portion of the donations to the newly formed "Trump 47" joint fundraising committee will filter to the Save America political action committee, which is often used to cover former President Donald Trump's legal bills. Excess large donor and small donor contributions will be spent on legal bills instead of funding a campaign.
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Trump claims he has $500 million in cash, undercutting lawyers' claims on bond money
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... Former President Donald Trump claimed early Friday morning that he has "almost" $500 million in cash, undercutting his lawyers' claims that he would not be able to comply with the $464 million judgment against him and his co-defendants in the civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
"Through hard work, talent, and luck, I currently have almost five hundred million dollars in cash, a substantial amount of which I intended to use in my campaign for president," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social in all caps. ...
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Donald Trump's big money bait-and-switch (2017)
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... When it comes to raising money, Donald Trump is morphing into the very kind of bootlicking presidential candidate he's insisted -- over and again -- that he wasn't, isn't and wouldn't become. ...
Trump on self-funding his presidential campaign:
"Part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich. So, if I need $600 million, I can put up $600 million myself. It's a huge advantage." " interview with ABC News in March 2011 ahead of aborted 2012 presidential run
"I don't need anybody's money. It's nice. I don't need anybody's money. I'm using my own money ... I'm not using donors. I don't care. I'm really rich." " announcement speech on June 16, 2015
"You know the nice part about me? I don't need anybody's money." " from an interview in August 2015 in Iowa
"I'm self-funding my own campaign. It's my money." " during a speech in Iowa on Feb. 1, 2016
"I don't believe I have been given any credit by the voters for self-funding my campaign, the only one. I will keep doing, but not worth it!" " from a tweet Feb. 2, 2016 ...
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