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Spending by Save America increased in August 2022 to over $6.3 million, its highest monthly total of the year to that point in time.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/20/politics/trump-save-america-pac-legal-payments-surge/index.html|title=Spending by Trump's Save America PAC surges amid legal battles over Mar-a-Lago search|first=Fredreka|last=Schouten|date=September 21, 2022|website=CNN|access-date=June 29, 2023|archive-date=June 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629222700/https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/20/politics/trump-save-america-pac-legal-payments-surge/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> That month Save America made a contribution of $150,000 to Wyoming Values, a [[Political action committee#Super PACs|super PAC]] working to defeat Republican US Representative [[Liz Cheney]].<ref name="auto3"/> The PAC began September 2022 with over $92 million in cash.<ref name="auto3"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/donald-trump-allies-create-a-new-super-pac-called-maga-inc|title=Donald Trump allies create a new super PAC called MAGA Inc.|date=September 23, 2022|website=PBS NewsHour|author=Jill Colvin|access-date=June 29, 2023|archive-date=June 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629222700/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/donald-trump-allies-create-a-new-super-pac-called-maga-inc|url-status=live}}</ref>
In October 2022 the PAC transferred $20 million to Trump's new [[MAGA Inc.]] Super PAC.<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/midterms-elections-voting-2022-10-28/card/trump-transfers-20-million-from-save-america-pac-to-maga-pac-ibLLTo2yPpk8MPkN59WH|title=Trump Transfers $20 Million From Save America PAC to MAGA PAC|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 31, 2022|author=Alex Leary|access-date=2023-06-29|archive-date=2023-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629222700/https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/midterms-elections-voting-2022-10-28/card/trump-transfers-20-million-from-save-america-pac-to-maga-pac-ibLLTo2yPpk8MPkN59WH|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2022, the campaign finance watchdog [[Campaign Legal Center]] filed a complaint with the [[Federal Election Commission]] (FEC), alleging that the transfer was inappropriate inasmuch as Trump was already a presidential candidate when he made the transfer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/03/trump-war-chest-2024-presidential-campaign|title=Trump seems to have a large war chest–but is he struggling to raise money?|first=Tom|last=Perkins|date=January 3, 2023|work=The Guardian|access-date=June 29, 2023|archive-date=June 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629230519/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/03/trump-war-chest-2024-presidential-campaign|url-status=live}}</ref>
In November 2022 when Trump began his 2024 campaign for president, 99 cents out of every dollar that he raised online went to his campaign.<ref name="auto9"/> One penny went to Save America.<ref name="auto9"/> However, in February or March 2023 he adjusted that split, so that 90 cents of every dollar donated to him goes to his campaign, and 10% of donations go to Save America.<ref name="auto9"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-quietly-changes-political-fundraising-185004577.html|title=Trump is funneling 10% of 2024 campaign donations to cover his legal bills|date=June 26, 2023|website=Yahoo|author=John Bowden|access-date=June 30, 2023|archive-date=June 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630050105/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-quietly-changes-political-fundraising-185004577.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Because generally a PAC such as Save America cannot spend money directly on the candidate's campaign, and conversely his campaign committee cannot directly pay for things that benefit the candidate personally, Save America can pay Trump's legal expenses, whereas his campaign cannot.<ref name="auto9"/>
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