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Daniel Torok · source
Daniel Torok · source
10 Hypocritical Stances Attributed to Republicans — and 10 to Democrats · Donald Trump Is the New Jimmy Carter — Just Check the Pump · Cheat Like Hell · After the Midterms · Made for Television · The Ethical Problem · Not a Campaign Ad · The applause moved. The alliances did not. · Points of alignment · The swamp takes crypto · Arrested for empty seats · Camp Donald · Full term, half answer · Not by mistake · The $1,500 tank · The pause button has a donor
| FEC ID | Committee | Connected organisation |
|---|---|---|
| C00580100 | MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC | TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEE |
| C00828541 | NEVER SURRENDER, INC. | — |
"Connected organisation" is the sponsoring body named in the committee's own registration — the only corporate tie the filing states outright.
No candidate summary this cycle — they are not running a federal campaign in it.
| Committee | Receipts | Disbursements | To other committees | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC | $8,330,400 | $8,323,951 | $0 | $26,793 |
| NEVER SURRENDER, INC. | $70,016,892 | $36,504,917 | $665,000 | $60,884,496 |
Source: FEC bulk file webk26.
| Contributing committee | Total | Contributions | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEGE REPUBLICANS OF AMERICA | $33,550 | 11 | C00883561 → |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES | $23,162 | 11 | C00489799 → |
| EVERYDAY PEOPLE | $3,631 | 1 | C00720029 → |
| PEOPLE POWER PENNSYLVANIA | $3,075 | 26 | C00882381 → |
| EMGAGE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | $2,457 | 1 | C00453704 → |
| PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE | $1,500 | 1 | C00458000 → |
| TD PAC | $639 | 1 | C00890707 → |
| IMMIGRANTS' LIST | $400 | 1 | C00430280 → |
| PEOPLE AND POLITICS | $100 | 1 | C00621755 → |
| VERMIN UNITED | $0 | 1 | C00872366 → |
| RJC VICTORY FUND | $-62,727 | 1 | C00528554 → |
Top 11 of 11 committees, $5,787 total. Each links to that committee's own FEC page, where its donors are listed in turn.
| Payee | Total | Payments | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE BINNALL LAW GROUP | $2,218,067 | 15 | C00580100 → |
| CAMPBELL KILLIN BRITTAN & RAY, LLC | $2,155,811 | 14 | C00580100 → |
| 2M DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND IMAGING, LLC | $2,114,991 | 19 | C00580100 → |
| SCHULMAN BHATTACHARYA, LLC | $784,206 | 11 | C00580100 → |
| RED CURVE SOLUTIONS | $309,360 | 56 | C00580100 → |
| HUGHES HUBBARD & REED LLP | $197,920 | 2 | C00580100 → |
| ELECTIONS, LLC | $170,000 | 16 | C00580100 → |
| JONES DAY | $155,537 | 11 | C00580100 → |
| TMONE LLC DBA MASS MARKETS | $10,495,310 | 20 | C00828541 → |
| DIRECTSND, LLC | $3,616,597 | 13 | C00828541 → |
| RED BEACON STRATEGIES, LLC | $2,736,087 | 15 | C00828541 → |
| SAVE AMERICA | $2,367,000 | 5 | C00828541 → |
| RED CURVE SOLUTIONS | $2,027,602 | 40 | C00828541 → |
| LAUNCHPAD STRATEGIES, LLC | $1,530,167 | 185 | C00828541 → |
| MADAIO EYET & ASSOCIATES LLP | $1,032,000 | 2 | C00828541 → |
| GEORGETOWN ADVISORY | $903,500 | 18 | C00828541 → |
Vendors and operating costs, not political giving. See the explainer below for what this money can and cannot be used for.
| Direction | Amount (net) |
|---|---|
| Independent expenditures supporting them | $-28,096 |
| Independent expenditures opposing them | $33,898 |
Spent by groups acting independently of the campaign. Net of amendments, so a total can read negative when corrections outweigh new spending. Source: FEC independent expenditures.
Executive-branch and appointed officials file OGE Form 278e, searchable at the Office of Government Ethics. Private citizens file nothing, and their finances are not public record.
Everything in the money tables on this page is campaign money, not personal money. It belongs to a political committee, not to the person. The two are separate by law, and this page never mixes them.
| Term | What it is | Whose pocket |
|---|---|---|
| Money in | Contributions a committee received — from individuals, from other political committees (PACs), from party committees. Capped per donor per election and itemised above $200. | The committee's account. Not personal income, and not taxable to the candidate. |
| Money out | What the committee spent: staff, consultants, advertising, travel, rent, card processing, taxes, and contributions to other candidates. Mostly vendors, not politics. | Paid to outside businesses and people. A payee is a supplier, not a beneficiary of a gift. |
| Outside spending | Money spent for or against someone by groups acting independently, who may not coordinate with the campaign. | Never touches the candidate's committee. They cannot direct it or refuse it. |
| Personal finances | Salary, assets, debts, stock trades, outside income, a spouse's employment. | The person's own accounts — not shown in any FEC table. It appears only in the financial-disclosure filings linked in their own section. |
Can campaign money become private money? Not lawfully. Converting campaign funds to personal use is prohibited by 52 U.S.C. § 30114, and the FEC applies an "irrespective test": if the expense would exist even without the campaign — a mortgage, a country-club membership, household groceries — campaign funds cannot pay for it. Salaries to the candidate are allowed only within narrow limits, and payments to a candidate's own business must be at fair market value.
So where would private enrichment show up? Not in the tables above. It would show in the financial-disclosure filings — assets, outside income, stock transactions — or in payments from a committee to a business the person owns, which appear as ordinary payees in "money out". This page gives you both sets of records and leaves the reading to you.