Trump raised $200m from false election claims. What happens to the money now?

The president could use the funds to ensure he and his allies remain a powerful force in US politics

The battle is lost. The supreme court and electoral college have spoken. Even the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, so adept at remaking the rules for political advantage, has acknowledged that Donald Trump will not be the next president.

But the money flowing into Trump's political coffers suggests that defeat will not drive the soon-to-be-former president into the political shadows.