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The Republican National Convention would stop paying for former President Donald Trump's legal expenses if he announces he's running for president in 2024, according to a Thursday report.
The RNC is currently bankrolling several legal cases for Trump, including personal lawsuits and government investigations into him. That flow of cash would end once he announces his candidacy for president in 2024, according to ABC News. Some see the move as an incentive for Trump to delay announcing his candidacy at least until after the 2022 midterm elections, which Republicans are already poised to win.
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel has previously stated that the Republican Party cannot be biased in favor of any one candidate in the party's presidential primary.
"The party has to stay neutral," McDaniel said in January. "I'm not telling anybody to run or not to run in 2024."
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Then-President Donald Trump listens during an event on Operation Warp Speed in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Nov. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas on Nov. 6, 2021. (Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Top-level members of the Republican Party have encouraged Trump to delay announcing his candidacy until after the midterms. Many read that as Republicans fearing that a Trump announcement would upset the status quo of voters focused on inflation, gas prices and President Joe Biden's low approval rating.
"My point to him has always been, 'Let's go win '22,'" House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday of his conversations with Trump, adding that he encouraged Trump to hold off on an announcement.
Trump stated earlier this month that he as already made up his mind on whether to run, and that the main decision is now whether he will announce before or after the midterms.
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The RNC has already paid nearly $2 million in legal fees for the former president.
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