Trump charges $250,000 for midterms forum – to boost his own Super Pac

• February event notionally focused on 2022 midterms
• Former president has amassed huge war chest of $122m

Donald Trump will charge top-paying guests $250,000 to attend a Take Back Congress Candidate Forum" at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida this month - with proceeds going to his own Super Pac, rather than Republicans who will actually try to take back Congress.

Nor is the top price tag, which guarantees a private dinner and picture with Trump as well as VIP seating at the forum, necessarily the full cost for any couple who chooses to pay it. On Twitter on Wednesday, the New York Times reporter and Trump watcher Maggie Haberman said: $250k lets you pay for a Mar-a-Lago guest room."