Donald Trump has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, arguing that US Vice President Kamala Harris cannot legally take the funds raised by the president's re-election campaign Joe Biden, reported "Reuters", quoted by News.bg.
After Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race, he endorsed Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination. Harris quickly took control of Biden's campaign accounts and on Monday evening closed the nomination, winning the pledges of a majority of the delegates who will determine the nomination at the party's convention next month, her campaign said.
The battle over the bills, which had about $95 million in them at the end of June, is part of a multi-pronged effort by Republicans to thwart Harris' bid to top the Democratic ticket. We recall that after Biden's withdrawal, there was a record financial support for the Democratic Party, as the day after the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue announced that it had collected more than 27.5 million dollars.
Harris' campaign said it has raised $100 million since Sunday, when Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed her -- surpassing Biden's remaining tally in just a few days. Her campaign dismissed the complaint to the election commission.
The Trump campaign alleges Harris engaged in a "brazen cash grab," according to a statement from David Warrington, the campaign's general counsel. In the filing, Warrington says Harris is in the process of committing what he describes as "the largest campaign finance violation in American history.
Saurav Ghosh, an attorney at the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan watchdog group, said that because Harris was already part of the "Biden for President" as a VP candidate, her access to money must be secure.
In any case, election regulators are unlikely to solve the problem before the November 5 presidential election. The Federal Election Commission said it was unable to comment on pending implementation issues.
"Republicans may be envious that Democrats are fired up to defeat Donald Trump, but frivolous legal claims — like the ones they've been making for years to try to suppress votes and steal elections — will only distract them until register volunteers, talk to voters and win this election,'' said Harris campaign spokesman Charles Kretschmer Lutwak.