A federal grand jury investigating the efforts of former President Trump and his supporters to overturn the 2020 presidential election results is now turning its attention to Trump’s Save America leadership PAC, according to new reports.
ABC News reported Thursday that the grand jury is looking at the political action committee’s formation and fundraising, seeking information through a number of new subpoenas.
A handful of current and former Trump aides received subpoenas this week, according to The New York Times, as the grand jury formed by the Justice Department looks into the former president’s fundraising efforts.
William Russell and Beau Harrison, both of whom worked in the Trump White House, are among those recently subpoenaed, the Times reported.
Trump launched the Save America PAC after his 2020 loss as part of efforts to challenge those election results and fundraise for candidates he is backing in races across the country.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has argued that the Trump campaign used Save America to rake in millions off his false claims of election fraud.
“Throughout the committee’s investigation, we found evidence that the Trump campaign and its surrogates misled voters as to where their funds would go and what they would be used for. So not only was there the big lie, there was the big rip-off,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said at one of the Jan. 6 committee’s hearings.
Save America also sent off a barrage of fundraising emails last month after the FBI’s execution of a search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort — where agents found more than 100 classified documents and dozens of empty folders marked as classified.
Fundraising exceeded $1 million at least two days after the search, according to The Washington Post.
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DOJ investigating Trump super PAC: reports https://t.co/RWolDrbzg7 pic.twitter.com/9sTtsIRiSv
— The Hill (@thehill) September 8, 2022
What @ProjectLincoln and @TheRickWilson understand about Trump that other enemies don’t…
Don’t go after his character, he has none.
Don’t go after his intelligence, he has none.
Don’t go after his ‘patriotism’, he has none.
You go after his money, cause he has none. https://t.co/z4vAh5FCNB
— YS (@ReallyActivist) September 8, 2022
Right? https://t.co/IAyykVuEdm
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 8, 2022
A subpoena does not indicate someone is under investigation, it indicates the DOJ wants information. But DOJ has cast a surprisingly wide net for a grand jury whose ultimate goal remains somewhat unclear @adamgoldmanNYT @alanfeuer me https://t.co/Lad66JZzJT
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 9, 2022
Brian Jack still advises Trump, but is also a top adviser to @GOPLeader and several House Republicans https://t.co/Lad66JZzJT
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 9, 2022
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