The treasurer, listed as "Mitchell, Jeremiya, Tommy" of Brewton, Ala., did not immediately respond to Raw Story's request for comment at the email listed in the filing.
On Thursday, Jeremiya Mitchell, the creator of the PAC, told Raw Story that the filing is legitimate.
"The idea behind N--- for Trump, I saw the 'White Dudes for Harris' thing, and it was so cheap. It's like a slap in the face," Mitchell told Raw Story in a phone interview. "This is kind of like the other side of the coin to that because too often Black men are overlooked and disregarded completely when it comes to politics, because nobody gives a f--- about us really."
Spokespeople for the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to Raw Story's request for comment.
The FEC declined to comment on specific committees but shared that the agency has a "verification process for potentially false and fictitious filings," said Judith Ingram, a spokesperson for the FEC, via email.
Trump's tumultuous interview in Chicago at a National Association of Black Journalists conference included the former president questioning whether presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — the vice president since 2021 — is Black.
Trump's nephew, Fred C. Trump III, also accused Donald Trump of having used the N-word during a tirade in the 1970s, according to a book published last week. Trump's campaign denied the accusation as "completely fabricated and total fake news of the highest order."
Weaponizing FEC filings
While the Mitchell said the "N----- for Trump" PAC filing with the FEC is legitimate, political provocateurs and pranksters sometimes create fake political committees as the filings are relatively easy to generate and automatically published to the FEC's government website, FEC.gov.
"The FEC makes it very simple. They have a great online portal that literally, a kid, could go create a PAC," Mitchell told Raw Story. "It's almost scary, but a lot of people don't even put in the effort to learn about what a PAC is, to even go take this next step to create one."
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A political committee registered with the FEC in June indicated that Trump would name his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, as his vice presidential running mate, which Trump's campaign manager confirmed to Raw Story as "fraud." Trump named Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate during the Republican National Convention in mid-July.
Numerous other campaigns have experienced fraudulent FEC filings.
President Joe Biden, who has since dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, endured the creation of fake political committees in his name.
Former Vice President Mike Pence needed to quash premature rumors of his 2024 presidential run because of a fraudulent of a federal political committee created in 2022.
Such fake FEC documents have caused public confusion and even threatening situations that led to racist screeds or doxxing of private individuals.
The FEC prohibits other persons from "misrepresenting themselves as speaking, writing or otherwise acting for or on behalf of any candidate or political party for the purpose of soliciting contributions."
However, fraudsters often only receive sternly worded letters about the violation.
The article was updated on Aug. 1, 2024, with comment from Jeremiya Mitchell and the Federal Election Commission.
