Trump fundraising committee raised $30.9 million at close of 2020
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[February 01, 2021]
By Jason Lange
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President
Donald Trump's fundraising committee, formed after he lost the November
election to Democrat Joe Biden, raised $30.9 million in the final weeks
of 2020, according to a disclosure filed on Sunday.
The filing with the Federal Election Commission showed that "Save
America," a Trump leadership PAC, or political action committee, ended
the year with just over $31 million in cash.
The size of the haul - taken in from Nov. 24 to Dec. 31 - gives a
measure of Trump's power to influence Republican politics even out of
office.
As he faces his second Senate impeachment trial, on a charge of inciting
his followers' deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, many
congressional Republicans have defended Trump or attacked the
impeachment process.
The roughly $31 million raised over roughly the past five weeks of 2020
rivaled the sums raised by Trump's re-election campaign earlier in 2020.
In May and June of 2020, for example, his campaign raised about $25
million and $55 million, respectively.
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Senator Kelly Loeffler addresses a crowd as U.S. President Donald
Trump hosts a campaign event with U.S. Republican Senators David
Perdue and Loeffler at Valdosta Regional Airport in Valdosta,
Georgia, U.S., December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers
Trump could use the funds to support or oppose Republicans in the
2022 congressional elections. His options include contributing to
lawmakers he views as loyal to him, such as U.S. Representative Jim
Jordan of Ohio, as a possible Senate contender, or funding
challengers to those he sees as disloyal, such as U.S.
Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the highest-ranking House of
Representatives Republican to vote to impeach him.
(Reporting by Jason Lange and Grant Smith; Editing by Kim Coghill
and Peter Cooney)
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