Over $80 million may be transferred from DeSantis’ old state-level PAC to a new PAC set to back his presidential bid.
. DeSantis’ state-level PAC, Friends of Ron DeSantis, raked in more than $173.2 million of that total, and his campaign brought in $37.7 million.plans to transfer the state-level PAC’s remaining funds to the pro-DeSantis super PAC, which could then spend the money boosting DeSantis or attacking his opponents.
“Although super PACs are permitted to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, an essential, fundamental legal requirement is that they operate independently.
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