Louder and Funnier

“You could literally have 10 monkeys with flamethrowers go after the money, and they wouldn’t have burned through it as stupidly.”https://t.co/DvgvJXqugl

— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) October 20, 2020

Going directly to my previous point:

— $38.7 million in legal and “compliance” fees. In addition to tapping the RNC and his campaign to pay legal costs during his impeachment proceedings, Trump has also relied on his political operation to cover legal costs for some aides.

Legal fees are high, but that's still a lot of money.  The next largest expenditure of the Trump campaign (per financial disclosures) is:

— At least $35.2 million spent on Trump merchandise.

Three guesses where much of that money goes; first two don't count.  Only Parscale got out with more money:

Since 2017, more than $39 million has been paid to firms controlled by Parscale, who was ousted as campaign manager over the summer. An additional $273.2 million was paid to American Made Media Consultants, a Delaware limited liability company, whose owners are not publicly disclosed.

So the money that didn't go for grift went largely to lawyers.  Trump is not paying for all those election challenges.  He won't pay for the ones after the election, either.  Who will is becoming a very interesting question.