Trump political action committees spent over $50m last year on legal bills

Filings to Federal Election Commission show scale of legal fees former president, facing 91 criminal charges, has racked up

Donald Trump's political action committees spent more than $50m on legal fees over the course of 2023, as the former president's legal troubles intensified in the face of 91 felony counts across four criminal cases.

According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Wednesday night, Save America, Trump's leadership Pac that has shouldered most of the financial burden of his legal battles, entered 2024 with just $5m in cash on hand after spending more than $25m on legal expenses over the last six months of 2023.