"Trump's Financial Struggles Shift Legal Bill Burden to RNC and Donors"

Former President Donald Trump's joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that has been paying his legal bills before the RNC receives a cut, raising concerns among some Republicans that the party could be shortchanged. The unorthodox diversion of funds to the Save America PAC makes it more likely that Republican donors could see their money go to Trump's lawyers, who have received at least $76 million over the last two years to defend him against four felony indictments and multiple civil cases. Trump's fundraising trails that of President Joe Biden and national Democrats, and the invitation's fine print reveals that donations to the Trump 47 Committee will first be used to give the maximum amount allowed under federal law to Trump's campaign, with anything left over going to the Save America PAC and then to the RNC and state political parties.