AdvertisementThe figures are based on filings to date, with some committees providing updates only twice a year. The combined $857,246 represents just under four-fifths of the $1.1 million that the Republican candidate and committees spent at his properties. “What makes it worse is that this money was originally donated with the intention of helping elect candidates and push a political agenda. Compared with business profits, the money coming from his political committees is far more modest but still significant. The $177 million it has collected through June is $33 million more than the Republican National Committee raised through October.
