Former U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to officially announce if he plans to run in the United States 2024 elections but it appears he is already campaigning.
At least that is in the eyes of the American Bridge Super Pac which plans to file a complaint against the ex-U.S. president for allegedly violating campaign finance laws.
The Democratic fundraising organization alleged that Trump has been spending political funds for a 2024 presidential bid but has yet to declare his candidacy.
“Trump has been illegally using his multi-candidate leadership PAC to raise and spend funds in excess of Commission limits for the purpose of advancing a 2024 presidential campaign,” the group stated.
“His failure to timely file a Statement of Candidacy with the Commission is a clear violation of the [Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971].”
Under federal election campaign rules, any aspiring candidate is required to register with the FEC within 15 days of receiving contributions or spending more than $5,000 on a potential presidential campaign.
This stems from Trump’s comments at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando last month.
“We did it twice and we will do it again … We are going to be doing it again a third time,” the 75-year-old stated.
In the complaint, Trump’s primary Pac, Save America allegedly spent over $100,000 weekly on Facebook ads and has “consistently raised more than $1 million per week.”
“Save America’s ads are clearly an attempt to influence Mr. Trump’s election to federal office in 2024,” the complaint read.
In a statement reported by the Washington Post, President of American Bridge, Jessica Floyd, bats that Trump needs to be held accountable by Democrats and Republicans.
“Whenever they are taking a break from calling for tax hikes for Americans and Obamacare repeal, Republicans are scrambling to see who can praise Trump the most – even as he continues his effort to grift his way back to the White House. They should be ashamed to support such obvious lies, and we should all see him for what he is and hold him accountable” Floyd said.
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