Trump’s Campaign Tries To Prevent Biden Campaign From Transferring Funds To The Harris Campaign

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, alleging that the transfer of funds from the Biden reelection campaign to the Harris presidential campaign violates campaign finance regulations.

The case has been filed against Mr. Biden, Harris, the Biden campaign, and campaign treasurer Keana Spencer.

“Kamala Harris is seeking to perpetrate a $91.5 million 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 (the “Act”).”

David Warrington, the Trump campaign’s general counsel, accuses them of “filing fraudulent forms with the Commission purporting to repurpose one candidate’s principal campaign committee for the use of another candidate,” claiming Harris simply replaced Biden’s name with her own rather than filing her own Statement of Candidacy.

“There is no provision in federal campaign finance law for Kamala Harris to take over Joe Biden’s candidacy now by quite literally attempting to become him via an amendment of his Form 2, assuming control of his campaign by amending Form 1, and making off with all of his cash,” wrote Warrington.

Warrington also accused Mr Biden’s campaign of making an excessive contribution to Harris, saying, “This is little more than a thinly veiled $91.5 million excessive contribution from one presidential candidate to another, that is, from Joe Biden’s old campaign to Kamala Harris’s new campaign.

“This effort makes a mockery of our campaign finance laws.

“Contributions by federal candidate committees to other federal candidates are limited to $2,000. Yet, Biden for President is seeking to make an excessive contribution over approximately $91 million — more than 45,000 times the legal limit.”

Furthermore, the Trump team says that because Mr. Biden pulled out of the race before sending the funds to Harris, he cannot keep the contributions.

The allegation is expected to meet considerable opposition from the Harris campaign because the campaign was originally registered with the FEC as the “principal campaign committee” for both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

According to ABC News, the committees into which money has been raised remain the same; they have simply been renamed Harris for President, Harris Victory Fund, and Harris Action Fund.

“Republicans may be jealous that Democrats are energized to defeat Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, but baseless legal claims — like the ones they’ve made for years to try to suppress votes and steal elections — will only distract them while we sign up volunteers, talk to voters, and win this election,” Harris campaign spokesperson Charles Kretchmer Lutvak said in a statement.

Harris’ team announced on Tuesday that it had raised more than $100 million in fresh donations between Sunday afternoon and Monday evening after Mr. Biden cancelled his reelection campaign and endorsed her.

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