The Campaign Legal Center in a complaint alleges that the Trump campaign and an authorized joint financing committee broke the law by sending close to $170 million to firms without disclosing their specific expenditures to the public. The Campaign Legal Center is accusing the campaign, Parscale and several Trump campaign lawyers of passing money through these companies in an effort to conceal the details of their spending and where the funds were ultimately directed. According to the complaint, there are no direct payments to Phunware listed in any of the Trump campaign expenditure reports. The Trump campaign forcefully pushed back on the accusation, claiming the use of American Made Media Consultants was legal and appropriate. Still, Potter believes the complaint itself puts the Trump campaign on "notice" and he is hopeful it forces them to be more transparent with their reporting.

Source: CNN July 28, 2020 21:11 UTC