Trump files complaint against Harris taking over Biden’s campaign funds

Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump’s run revenge a title pinch nan Federal Election Commission connected Tuesday, arguing that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris could not legally return complete costs raised by President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign.

Biden, an 81-year-old Democrat who was successful a tight title pinch Republican challenger Donald Trump, endorsed Harris erstwhile he ended his reelection bid connected Sunday. Harris quickly took power of Biden’s run accounts and connected Monday nighttime wrapped up nan information by winning pledges from a mostly of nan delegates who astatine adjacent month’s statement normal will find nan nominee, according to her campaign.

The conflict complete nan accounts, which had astir $95 cardinal successful nan slope astatine nan extremity of June, is portion of a multi-pronged effort by Republicans to stymie Harris’ bid to lead nan Democratic ticket.

The Trump run based on that Harris undertook a “brazen money grab,” according to nan filing by David Warrington, nan campaign’s wide counsel. In nan filing, which was shared pinch Reuters, Warrington said Harris was successful nan process of committing what he described arsenic nan “the largest run finance usurpation successful American history.”

Saurav Ghosh, a lawyer astatine nan Campaign Legal Center, a non-partisan watchdog group, has said that because Harris was already portion of “Biden for President” arsenic nan vice statesmanlike candidate, her declare connected nan money should beryllium secure.

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The FEC said they were incapable to remark connected unresolved enforcement matters.

Harris’ run has said it had raised $100 cardinal since Sunday, erstwhile Biden stepped backmost from nan run and endorsed her – exceeding Biden’s remaining tally successful conscionable a fewer days. Her run brushed disconnected nan FEC complaint.

“Republicans whitethorn beryllium suspicious that Democrats are energized to conclusion Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, but baseless ineligible claims – for illustration nan ones they’ve made for years to effort to suppress votes and bargain elections – will only distract them while we motion up volunteers, talk to voters, and triumph this election,” said Harris run spokesperson Charles Kretchmer Lutvak.

–Reporting by Alexandra Ulmer; Additional reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Mary Milliken and Christopher Cushing