{"id":4618,"date":"2021-01-04T03:31:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T03:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/01\/04\/trump-plots-to-overturn-election-an-attack-on-democracy-or-a-scheme-to-make-millions-for-himself-2\/"},"modified":"2021-01-04T03:31:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T03:31:14","slug":"trump-plots-to-overturn-election-an-attack-on-democracy-or-a-scheme-to-make-millions-for-himself-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/04\/trump-plots-to-overturn-election-an-attack-on-democracy-or-a-scheme-to-make-millions-for-himself-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Plots to Overturn Election: An Attack on Democracy or a Scheme to Make Millions for Himself?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccb_single_video_player \" data-controls=\"1\" data-autohide=\"1\" data-fs=\"1\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-color=\"red\" data-iv_load_policy=\"3\" data-modestbranding=\"1\" data-rel=\"0\" data-showinfo=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-disablekb=\"0\" data-nocookie=\"1\" data-aspect_ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"640\" data-video_position=\"above-content\" data-volume=\"100\" data-video_id=\"KNIwev0Ycn8\" style=\"width:640px; height:360px; max-width:100%;\"><!-- player container --><\/div>\n<p>As President Trump continues to look for ways to overturn the 2020 election, he has also continued to raise massive sums of money \u2014 over half a billion dollars since mid-October, including more than $250 million since Election Day. The New York Times reports more than $60 million of what Trump raised has gone to a new political action committee that he will control after he leaves office, an unprecedented war chest for an outgoing president. There are few legal limits on what Trump can do with the raised funds, and he could use it to pay off his massive $420 million debt or to fund a potential 2024 run. \u201cThis is entirely unprecedented,\u201d says Brendan Fischer, director of federal reform at Campaign Legal Center, who has been closely following Trump\u2019s fundraising since the election. \u201cIt\u2019s a loosely regulated political vehicle that Trump can tap into after he leaves the White House to retain influence in the Republican Party and also to potentially benefit himself and his family financially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>#DemocracyNow<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. 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