If Qanon cultists and redhats who are handing over what little money they have to Trump's campaign bothered to read, they would find out that donations under $8,000 will go straight to Trump's political action committee and the RNC.
From Reuters:
Trump's solicitation website carries a banner headline that says "OFFICIAL ELECTION DEFENSE FUND" and "CONTRIBUTE NOW."
Scrolling down the page would take a donor to the fine print, which shows that donations are split between "Save America," which gets 60% of the money, and the RNC, which gets the other 40%. None of the money flows to Trump's official "recount" committee fund until Trump's Save America share reaches the legal contribution limit of $5,000, according to the disclosures.
That means that, before a dollar goes into the recount fund, Save America would receive $5,000 and the RNC around $3,300. Donations to the recount committee are legally limited to $2,800.
If a Trump donor gave $500, for instance, $300 would go to Trump's Save America PAC, $200 would to the RNC – and nothing would go to his election defense fund.
You gotta hand it to him — Trump knows how to reel in a sucker, take his cash, and leave him broke and smiling.
