Trump's Save America super pac is raking in donations - what can that money be spent on?

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CBS News

Although the Trump campaign is still explicitly soliciting for “Election Defense Funds,” money donated to his Save America PAC cannot be used to support Mr. Trump’s own campaign or the cost of litigation arising from his campaign, Brendan Fischer, Federal Reform Program director at the Campaign Legal Center, told CBS News. What this means is that “although Trump cannot use campaign funds to pay himself or his family members excessive salaries, or to buy enough copies of Don Jr.’s book to land it on the bestseller list, he might try to use leadership PAC funds for such purposes,” Fischer said. The Campaign Legal Center has also pointed out instances where politicians have drawn from their leadership PACs to pay for trips to Disney World, golf excursions, Broadway tickets and luxury hotel stays.

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