Trump Campaign Files Complaint With the FEC Over Biden Fund Usage
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, per The New York Times.
The complaint accuses the duo of violating campaign finance laws by allowing Biden’s campaign funds to be redistributed to Harris.
Filed by David Warrington, the Trump campaign’s general counsel, resulted after the Biden campaign changed its name to “Harris for President” after the president announced that he would not be running for re-election.
“Kamala Harris is seeking to perpetrate a $91.5 million dollar heist of Joe Biden’s leftover campaign cash — a brazen money grab that would constitute the single largest excessive contribution and biggest violation in the history of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended,” Warrington wrote.
He accused Biden, Harris, and the campaign treasurer of “flagrantly violating the Act by making and receiving an excessive contribution of nearly one hundred million dollars, and for filing fraudulent forms with the Commission purporting to repurpose one candidate’s principal campaign committee for the use of another candidate.”
Trump’s advisers are insistent on legally blocking the transfer of funds, arguing that Harris has not been officially nominated as the party’s presidential candidate. That decision will be made next month at the Democratic National Convention.
They also stressed that since Biden dropped out of the race, he is not entitled to keep the funds raised.
“To date, Biden for President has provided no indication that it will return or redesignate all of its general election contributions,” Warrington wrote. “Thus, each and every general election contribution received by Biden for President is an excessive contribution.”
Warrington also accused Harris and the treasurer of “attempted fraud” of the FEC by using the organization’s forms to “rename and repurpose” the committee. They would need to obtain a referral from the Justice Department to make those types of changes.
In his complaint, Warrington suggested that the commission attend to the issue promptly since Harris “is in the process of committing the largest campaign finance violation in American history and she is using the Commission’s own forms to do it.”
The complaint accuses the duo of violating campaign finance laws by allowing Biden’s campaign funds to be redistributed to Harris.
Filed by David Warrington, the Trump campaign’s general counsel, resulted after the Biden campaign changed its name to “Harris for President” after the president announced that he would not be running for re-election.
“Kamala Harris is seeking to perpetrate a $91.5 million dollar heist of Joe Biden’s leftover campaign cash — a brazen money grab that would constitute the single largest excessive contribution and biggest violation in the history of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended,” Warrington wrote.
He accused Biden, Harris, and the campaign treasurer of “flagrantly violating the Act by making and receiving an excessive contribution of nearly one hundred million dollars, and for filing fraudulent forms with the Commission purporting to repurpose one candidate’s principal campaign committee for the use of another candidate.”
Trump’s advisers are insistent on legally blocking the transfer of funds, arguing that Harris has not been officially nominated as the party’s presidential candidate. That decision will be made next month at the Democratic National Convention.
They also stressed that since Biden dropped out of the race, he is not entitled to keep the funds raised.
“To date, Biden for President has provided no indication that it will return or redesignate all of its general election contributions,” Warrington wrote. “Thus, each and every general election contribution received by Biden for President is an excessive contribution.”
Warrington also accused Harris and the treasurer of “attempted fraud” of the FEC by using the organization’s forms to “rename and repurpose” the committee. They would need to obtain a referral from the Justice Department to make those types of changes.
In his complaint, Warrington suggested that the commission attend to the issue promptly since Harris “is in the process of committing the largest campaign finance violation in American history and she is using the Commission’s own forms to do it.”
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