Election-Defense Solicitations and Recurring Donations — Outcome
Entities and roles
- America First Audit — Election-Defense Solicitations and Recurring Donationsaudit case
- Donald J. Trumpcomparison subject
Claims and evidence
- factreported
An analysis of FEC records reported $122.7 million in Trump campaign refunds during 2020 after recurring-payment complaints.
- Forbes: Trump Campaign Reportedly Forced To Refund More Than $122 Million To DonorsRefund total, rate and recurring-box paragraphs
- Forbes: Trump Campaign Reportedly Forced To Refund More Than $122 Million To DonorsCampaign response near end
Measurements
2020 Refunds$122.7 million refunded - Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Trump political donors; Trump political donors; Trump political donors; Trump political donors; Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.; Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.; Save America; Save America; Republican National Committee
- Period
- 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
- As of
- 2021-04-03
- Method
- Use the FEC-record analysis reported by Forbes; do not infer every refund resulted from recurring defaults.
- Uncertainty
- Overlaps the post-election period and includes refunds for potentially different reasons.