That bit at the end of Seth about Trump's fundraising for his election legal fight is interesting. This has been cropping up all over, ie that Trump is using the money he is now raising, which is supposedly for current and upcoming legal costs related to the election fight, to pay off election debt and to pass money to the RNC.
60% of each contribution is going to pay off the campaign's election debt (up to a max of $2.8k for contributions from individuals and $5k for committees) and 40% to the RNC’s Operating account (up to a maximum of $35.5k or $15k). Anything left over above those maximums will also go to the RNC.
What about the Legal Fund, you say? When the election debt is paid off, the 60% will instead go to the Recount Account, to a maximum of $2.8k/$5k. In other words, it's not getting any. There will be legal costs to pay, but they're hoping to bring in multiples of what is needed, and they have structured it so they can legally divert the excess elsewhere.
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https://secure.winred.com/djt/election-defense-fund-v2(you may have to do a captcha to get in)
Those dirty Republicans - that's just what we'd expect of them - stealing the money from their own supporters. The Democrats would never do that.
Apparently, they would. There have been lots of appeals from Joe for funds to help them fight the Republicans in court:
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However, the details look very similar to the Republicans, though structured differently. Most of the dosh is going to the DNC. The fund gets nothing from any individual contribution of $142k or less ($60k for committees) and a sliding amount until it gets $2.8k of any contribution above $144.8k ($5k from those above $65k). In other words, the Dems are also ripping off their own supporters by asking for money to fund the legal fight and legally diverting it into party funds. Strangely, the press is all over the Trump campaign's "scam", but I've hardly seen anything about Biden's team doing the same.
https://secure.joebiden.com/a/bidenfightfund
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