Donald Trump is picking up his fundraising pace even as he fights criminal charges in four cases and appeals a nearly half-billion dollaragainst him in New York. But his legal expenses continue to be a tremendous burden on his campaign and its allied groups, the latest campaign finance records show, accounting for 26 percent of the spending in March by his political committees.
FEC reports do not require candidates or their leadership PACs to disclose what legal matters each lawyer or law firm handled when they report payments to those firms. Campaign finance records filed this week show that the joint Trump fundraising effort with the Republican National Committee is raking in big checks, with key donors giving the maximum of more than $800,000. But the GOP nominee’s available cash at the end of March still trailed far behind what Biden and allied Democratic groups had stashed.Nicole Shanahan’s personal wealth was one of her chief assets when Robert F. Kennedy Jr.