Campaign

Trump Jr. headlining DC fundraiser with top GOP lawmakers

by Brett Samuels - 02/02/24 10:35 AM ET

Donald Trump Jr. will headline a fundraiser next month for his father’s presidential campaign featuring several top Republican lawmakers, including a few who are in the mix to join former President Trump on the 2024 ticket.

The March 6 event is being hosted by major GOP lobbyist Jeff Miller, according to an invitation. The cost to attend ranges from $1,000-$10,000 per person. The attendees are expected to include several members of Senate and House leadership, as well as committee chairs, all of whom have endorsed former President Trump.

Among those listed on the invitation are Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and House GOP conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.). Also slated to attend are Senate Republican Conference Chair John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), who leads the Senate GOP campaign arm.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) and Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) are among the others listed on the invitation.

Scott and Stefanik are believed to be among the candidates in the mix to serve as Trump’s running mate should he clinch the GOP nomination. Vance and Britt have also been mentioned as possible vice presidential candidates.

Next month’s fundraiser comes after filings from Trump’s campaign and his fundraising committees showed his political operation is facing a cash crunch in large part because of the exorbitant legal fees he is racking up.

Federal election filings posted Wednesday showed Trump’s various political committees spent about $29 million on lawyers fees and legal consulting in the final six months of last year. The spending was spread across multiple PACs, and it brought the total spent on legal fees in 2023 to roughly $50 million.

His campaign reported Wednesday raising $19 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, with $33 million in cash on hand at the end of the year, down roughly $4 million from the money it had on hand after the third quarter of last year.