‘Fronting legal costs for Trump’: Federal complaint says ex-president and GOP firm violated multiple campaign finance laws by obscuring over $7.2 million in shadowy fees

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FILE — Former President Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally, Dec. 13, 2023, in Coralville, Iowa. Trump’s lawyers are pressing to have special counsel Jack Smith’s team held in contempt. The Republican former president’s lawyers said Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, prosecutors have taken steps to advance the 2020 election interference case against him in violation of a judge’s order that put the case on hold. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign and four associated political committees violated federal campaign finance law, according to a complaint filed by a nonpartisan public interest watchdog.

Late Wednesday, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a 30-page complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that “five political committees authorized by or affiliated with former President Donald Trump” violated mandatory reporting obligations.

The complaint alleges that those reporting violations were facilitated by GOP consulting, accounting and compliance firm Red Curve Solutions in violation of federal “contribution limits and prohibitions.”

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