{"id":143453,"date":"2026-01-02T22:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T22:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143453"},"modified":"2026-01-02T22:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T22:15:28","slug":"trumps-super-pac-enters-the-midterms-with-300-million-in-the-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143453","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s super PAC enters the midterms with $300 million in the bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s primary super PAC raised over $102 million in the second half of 2025, carrying a war chest stocked with hundreds of millions of dollars into the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>That massive sum, combined with even greater fundraising in the first half of the year and minimal spending throughout 2025, leaves the PAC with approximately $300 million cash on hand, positioning the president\u2019s allies to wield massive influence over the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>The disclosure, which which was reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00892471\/1930418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a filing submitted to the Federal Election Commission<\/a> this week and goes through Dec. 22, shows MAGA Inc. with $294 million cash on hand. In a statement, a MAGA Inc. spokesperson said the PAC ended the year with $304 million cash on hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to President Trump\u2019s leadership, MAGA Inc will have the resources to help candidates who support President Trump&#8217;s America First agenda of securing our border, keeping our streets safe, supercharging our economy, and making life more affordable for all Americans,\u201d the organization said.<\/p>\n<p>The enormous sum of money doesn\u2019t represent the entire war chest at Trump\u2019s disposal; several affiliated PACs have continued to raise money in support of the president, adding to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/08\/01\/trump-fundraising-midterms-00488165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing stockpile of cash<\/a> that Republicans around the country will hope to tap into as they seek to maintain majorities in Congress in November.<\/p>\n<p>MAGA Inc. made its first independent expenditures of the year in support of Rep. Matt Van Epps, who won a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/12\/02\/a-nationalized-tennessee-special-election-has-both-parties-on-edge-00671736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hard-fought special election<\/a> in Tennessee\u2019s 7th District in December. The super PAC spent $1.6 million to help boost Van Epps over Democrat Aftyn Behn in a district Trump won by 22 points in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The super PAC, which does not face donation limits, drew contributions from regular GOP donors and from leaders in the artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency industries. <\/p>\n<p>OpenAI President Greg Brockman gave $25 million and Foris DAX Inc., the U.S.-based arm of the company that operates Crypto.com, contributed $20 million on top of an additional $10 million it gave at the beginning of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Private equity investor Konstantin Sokolov donated $11 million, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/12\/17\/congress\/jared-isaacman-nasa-head-00695557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed in December<\/a> despite Trump withdrawing his nomination in May before renominating him, contributed $2 million to the PAC last year, including $1 million in the second half of the year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/01\/02\/trump-super-pac-2026-midterm-election-00709395\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics President Donald Trump\u2019s primary super PAC raised over $102 million in the second half of 2025, carrying a war chest stocked with hundreds of millions of dollars into&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143453"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}