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A political fundraising committee tied to former President Donald Trump has diverted $2.3 million to pay the legal bills of former first daughter Ivanka Trump, reported Business Insider on Tuesday.

"The group, called Save America PAC, spent a combined $2.3 million in 2023 for two law firms that represented Ivanka Trump, his eldest daughter, according to a Business Insider review of Federal Election Commission records," reported Jacob Sherman. "The PAC spent an additional $5.3 million on the law firm Robert & Robert, which represented his three eldest children — Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump, Jr. — as well as the Trump Organization in an array of lawsuits that have no apparent relation to Trump's campaign to retake the presidency in the 2024 election."

"Trump founded Save America shortly after he lost the 2020 presidential election," noted the report. "He's used it as his primary fundraising vehicle, often sending out messages making false claims about the 2020 election and his legal problems to convince donors to give it money."...

Federal Election Commission officials are investigating a Republican super PAC that appears to have received a Small Business Administration loan from an emergency pandemic relief program, reported The Daily Beast on Thursday.

"On Wednesday, the Federal Election Commission sent two notices to a Republican super PAC called 'America Great PAC' inquiring about the circumstances surrounding repayments it made for a $16,500 SBA loan it received in June 2020 as part of the COVID relief program," reported Roger Sollenberger. Federal law does not permit PACs of any kind to take loans from the SBA, he noted; for example: "In 2021, the Justice Department sentenced a Nevada man to 46 months in prison for 'fundraising for fake political action committees (PACs) that he created, and the other involving COVID-19 relief funds he sought and received through fraudulent applications.'"

"America Great PAC" is not to be confused with Great America PAC or Save America PAC, two more serious operations that have supported former President Donald Trump. According to the report, America Great PAC is likely "a vehicle for a wide-ranging scam PAC network."...