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In June 2023, Trump's valet [[Walt Nauta]] was [[Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (government documents case)|indicted by a federal grand jury]]; Save America is paying Nauta's legal bills.<ref name="NBCProfile">{{cite news |last1=Ainsley |first1=Julia |last2=Haake |first2=Garrett |last3=Edelman |first3=Adam |last4=O'Donnell |first4=Kelly |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/latest-news-trump-indictment-florida-classified-documents-rcna88546 |title=Trump aide Walt Nauta also indicted in classified documents case |work=NBC News |date=June 9, 2023 |language=en |access-date=June 10, 2023 |archive-date=June 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610032859/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/latest-news-trump-indictment-florida-classified-documents-rcna88546 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto14">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/walt-nauta-trump-indicted-documents-b2356911.html|title=Who is Walt Nauta? Donald Trump's 'body man' charged over classified documents?; Guam-born valet finds himself thrust into the centre of the most high profile criminal investigation in the country|date=June 14, 2023|website=The Independent|author=Bevan Hurley|access-date=June 30, 2023|archive-date=June 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614193112/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/walt-nauta-trump-indicted-documents-b2356911.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Nauta was charged with moving boxes at Trump's direction that included illegally retained [[classified information in the United States|classified documents]] and [[National security|national defense]]-related documents to Trump's residence, and then lying about it to federal investigators.<ref name="CNNInd">{{cite news |last1=Perez |first1=Evan |last2=Murray |first2=Sara |authorlink2=Sara Murray (journalist) |last3=Sneed |first3=Tierney |last4=Herb |first4=Jeremy |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/politics/walt-nauta-trump-indicted/index.html |title=Trump aide Walt Nauta indicted in classified documents case |work=[[CNN]] |date=June 9, 2023 |language=en |access-date=June 10, 2023 |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609162227/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/09/politics/walt-nauta-trump-indicted/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto14"/> The charges are punishable by up to 90 years in prison, if Nauta is convicted.<ref name="auto14"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/65862112|title=Who is Walt Nauta, the aide charged alongside Donald Trump?|author= Chelsea Bailey|date=June 9, 2023|work=[[BBC]]|access-date=June 15, 2023|archive-date=June 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613192123/https://www.bbc.com/news/65862112|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
As of July 1, 2023, Save America had less than $4 million.<ref name="auto15">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pac-pays-his-legal-bills-save-america/|title=Here's what Trump PAC Save America has spent on Trump's legal bills this year - CBS News|date=August 1, 2023|website=www.cbsnews.com}}</ref><ref name="auto12">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/us/politics/trump-pac-filing.html|title=After Paying Lawyers, Trump’s PAC Is Nearly Broke|first1=Maggie|last1=Haberman|first2=Shane|last2=Goldmacher|first3=Jonathan|last3=Swan|date=August 1, 2023|viawork=NYTimes.comThe New York Times}}</ref> It requested a $60 million refund of a donation it had previously sent to Trump’s MAGA Inc. Super PAC, which money had been intended for television commercials to help Trump’s candidacy.<ref name="auto12"/> It had spent $21.6 million on Trump-related legal fees in the first half of 2023, out of $25 million the PAC had spent overall in that time period.<ref name="auto15"/>
 
==Investigation of PAC==