A political committee President Donald Trump uses to pay legal bills is in debt — and owes $1.6 million to a roster of law firms, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission.
Trump’s Save America PAC is nearly $500,000 in the red, according to FEC data published Wednesday.
The PAC reported working with at least 20 different law firms during the first three months of 2026, and it owes money to 12 of them. Two creditors provided addresses in the United Kingdom, the reports show.
The White House and the Save America PAC did not respond to NOTUS’ requests for comment.
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The PAC owes the most money — over $660,000 — to NechelesLaw LLP, a criminal-defense law firm in New York. Susan Necheles cross-examined pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels in the courtroom in 2024 during Trump’s “hush money” case. Save America also owes about $112,000 to Wharton Law PLLC, another firm headed by a lawyer who represented Trump in that trial.
About $400,000 is owed to Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Trump nominated one of its lawyers last week to a lifelong U.S. appeals court judge position based in New York. Trump also nominated a lawyer from James Otis Law Group LLC in February to a federal judicial post. His PAC owes that firm, located in St. Louis, about $1,700.
Florida law firm Brito PLLC, to which the PAC owes over $44,000, represented Trump in defamation lawsuits against news media, including The New York Times, the BBC and ABC News and George Stephanopoulos. The law firm is also representing Trump in his $5 billion lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, over the closure of his accounts.
Habba Madaio & Associates LLP — now known as Madaio Eyet & Associates — is a law firm near Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, that the PAC owes about $19,000. Alina Habba, a former partner at the firm who has represented Trump in high-profile cases, was serving as New Jersey’s top prosecutor under Trump until December and resigned after an appeals court found that she had been unlawfully serving in the role.
The PAC owes about $27,000 to William Sturges LLP, located in London. The group’s website says it “provides partner-led legal services to a diverse clientele” and combines “years of experience with progressive, practical and timely legal solutions.” Also in London is Level Law LTD, which the PAC owes about $20,000.
The PAC also owes money to white-collar criminal-defense firm Secil Law PLLC; the Tacopina, Seigel & DeOreo law firm in New York; and Weber, Crabb & Wein, P.A. in Florida.
Other firms that the PAC paid for legal consultation but does not reportedly still owe money to are Alan R. Ostergren, PC, which filed a lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register in 2024 after the news outlet published a poll finding Trump lagging behind; The Dhillon Law Group in California; Elections LLC in D.C.; Epstein & Co. in D.C.; the Farris, Parker & Hubbard law firm in Texas; New Age Consulting LLC; Richard C. Klugh, P.A. in Miami; and the Binnall Law Group in Alexandria, Virginia.
The Save America PAC has reported a similar pattern in the past, previously paying millions to lawyers while spending more than it raised.
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