The RNC is still using donors’ money to line Trump’s pockets: FEC filing

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The Republican National Committee is apparently not done using donors’ money to line the pockets of former President Donald Trump.

Business Insider reports that the RNC shelled out $175,000 this past spring for a donor event at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in which the twice-impeached former president told attendees that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was a “dumb son of a b*tch.”

A Business Insider review of Federal Elections Commission filings shows that the RNC has spent roughly $2.6 million on Trump properties over the last 14 years, a trend that really picked up steam since 2016 when Trump become the party’s nominee for the presidency. Continue reading.