Donor money for his legal bills
Save America, Trump’s leadership PAC, raises most of its money through small-dollar donations from his supporters and has used it to pay lawyers for Trump and people around him. At the end of September 2026 it owed law firms $1.9 million and had $32,256 in cash.
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- Legal spending tracked from 2022
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- Save America, Trump’s leadership PAC
On Who He Hired: Donald Trump
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$1.6 million
Other money
Unpaid legal bills Save America reported owing to law firms in its filing for the first three months of 2026, including over $660,000 to NechelesLaw and about $400,000 to Sullivan & Cromwell, per NOTUS. This is money owed, not money paid.
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$40.2 million
Other money
Legal costs Save America was expected to report for the first half of 2023, per a source who spoke to CNN before the PAC’s filing.
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$16 million
Other money
Over $16 million Save America spent on legal costs in 2022, per FEC records cited by CNN.
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$1.9 million
Other money
Unpaid bills Save America reported at the end of September 2026, nearly all of it owed to law firms, including about $761,000 to Sullivan & Cromwell and about $664,000 to NechelesLaw. It had $32,256 in cash. This is money owed, not money paid.
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Save America’s filing for early 2026 showed it owed $1.6 million to law firms and was nearly $500,000 in the red.
The PAC used at least 20 law firms in the first three months of 2026 and owed money to 12 of them. The largest debt, over $660,000, was to NechelesLaw, whose Susan Necheles cross-examined Stormy Daniels in Trump’s hush money case; it owed about $400,000 to Sullivan & Cromwell. The White House and Save America didn’t respond to NOTUS’ requests for comment.
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Admitted
Save America’s filing for July through September 2026 showed it owed $1.9 million, nearly all of it to law firms, with $32,256 in cash.
Its largest debts were about $761,000 to Sullivan & Cromwell, up from about $336,000 three months earlier, and about $664,000 to NechelesLaw. The PAC reported $4.8 million in receipts and $5.5 million in spending for the quarter.
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Reported
Save America spent over $16 million on legal costs in 2022 and more than $40 million in the first half of 2023.
The 2022 figure comes from FEC records; the 2023 figure came from a source who spoke to CNN before the PAC’s mid-year filing. The PAC raises most of its money through small-dollar donations from Trump’s supporters, and the fees covered lawyers for Trump and for aides and allies in his inner circle. Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said the PAC “contributed to their legal fees to ensure they have representation against unlawful harassment.”