His key fund has spent nearly all of the more than $150 million it raised, and is sitting on less than $4 million, according to the latest numbers available. He’s already dug into his fund for 2024 ads, and borrowed money to post bail in Georgia. And some of his allies are begging for donations, saying he won’t pony up.
It’s a violation, but at this point they’re openly flouting campaign finance laws. Usually, a campaign and their PAC will have “secret” places to publicly share documents that are technically public but only known to the campaign and the PAC. For example, they might have a site called Artichoke-And-Orange-Juice-Recipes dot com which would have various recipes posted. However, if you go to /recipes/other/political/campaigns/2023/abcd-5678-totally-public-stuff/ one side would post documents for the other side to grab. It’s technically not coordinating since anyone could grab those documents, but only they know about that URL so practically speaking it’s coordinating secretly. However, for the debate, DeSantis’ PAC posted debate prep notes openly for DeSantis to use.
Also, a DeSantis PAC has been paying for stuff like a campaign bus for DeSantis which shouldn’t be allowed.
Meanwhile, Republicans want to loosen the regulations so that PACs could coordinate openly with the campaigns with no restrictions.