Trump makes fundraisers ahead of the CPAC speech

Trump spokesman Jason Miller confirmed on Saturday that the former president is considering forming a super-PAC that can pull unlimited amounts of money from virtually any source and has no spending limits.

The committee “ could be a brand new entity ” or a repurposed version of “ America First, ” an existing super PAC launched while Trump was in office, Miller told CNN’s Jim Acosta. Politico previously reported Trump’s interest in moving forward with a super PAC.

Trump also made several changes to his growing fundraising apparatus on Saturday. In his documents to the Federal Election Commission, he converted both his presidential campaign committee, Donald J. Trump for president, and his leadership PAC, Save America, into two political action committees that can support other candidates for office. Trump’s campaign committee has become the Make America Great Again PAC – or MAGA PAC.

The new committees are now linked by a joint fundraising agreement that Miller said would “make fundraising more efficient.” Joint fundraising agreements generally allow politicians to get a single, larger check from a donor and then divide the money among several committees.

Trump has already amassed millions of dollars in contributions since establishing Save America after the November election, bombarding his supporters with false claims that electoral fraud contributed to his defeat.

Trump’s fundraising moves come on the eve of his first political speech since he left the White House. He is scheduled to address activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida on Sunday as he seeks to shape the party’s future and targets Republicans he considers unfaithful.
On Friday, for example, he backed Max Miller’s primary challenge against Ohio GOP Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, who voted to impeach Trump last month.

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