Cash-strapped ‘grifter’ Trump will lean on the RNC for his legal bills

Despite promises that the Republican National Committee would not be paying Donald Trump’s long list of legal bills, the GOP’s chief fundraising arm appears ready to do just that.

An invitation to a fundraiser in Palm Beach, Florida next month shows that the Save America political action committee – largely serving as the bank for the former president’s legal team – will get a big chunk of the proceeds.

The unveiling of the RNC-supporting Trump 47 Committee is asking donors to contribute up to $814,600 to attend, with $6,600 going to Mr Trump’s campaign, while another $5,000 goes to Save America. And that’s before the RNC gets a cut to distribute to other GOP candidates.

The PAC spent more than $50m on the former president’s attorneys and legal fees last year, according to campaign reports to the Federal Election Commission. Last month, Save America spent nearly $5.6m, outpacing the $5m it brought in.

The fine print from the new joint fundraising effort between Mr Trump’s campaign and the RNC, first reported by the Associated Press, follows the former president’s reshaping of the party, with loyalist Michael Whatley and his daughter-in-law Lara Trump newly elected as co-chairs.

The arrangement also follows Mr Trump’s failure to secure nearly half a billion dollars for an appeals bond after losing a civil fraud case in New York while he faces an apparent cash crunch in the thick of his campaign against President Joe BIden.

“I told you so,” former RNC chair Michael Steele told HuffPost. “Why do folks still believe the BS coming from Trump, the RNC or his campaign when it comes to RNC donor money? The RNC will absolutely find ways to pay his bills because otherwise why is [daughter-in-law Lara Trump co-chair? For her expert