Republican candidate Donald Trump’s campaign has filed a complaint on Tuesday to the Federal Election Commission over Vice President Kamala Harris’ use of campaign funds raised by Joe Biden.
President Biden ended his reelection campaign on Sunday, following a disastrous debate performance and growing dissent within the Democratic Party over his age.
Biden then endorsed Harris, who quickly took control of his campaign finances, and on Monday received enough pledges from Democrat delegates to become the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Trump’s campaign claimed that “this is little more than a thinly veiled $91.5m contribution from one presidential candidate to another, that is, from Joe Biden’s old campaign to Kamala Harris’s new campaign. This effort makes a mockery of our campaign finance laws,” according to the eight-page complaint.
“Biden for President 2024 has shown no intention to properly refund or re-designate the general election funds it has already received,” it added.
It is unclear how the FEC would rule on such a complaint, although regulators are unlikely to resolve the issue before the election on November 5, according to Reuters.
The move has been perceived as an attempt to halt the momentum growing around her campaign, reports the Guardian.
Harris’ campaign claims to have raised $100 million since Biden’s endorsement on Sunday – exceeding Biden’s remaining war chest in just a few days.
Her campaign has brushed off the complaint, with her campaign spokesman, Charles Kretchmer Lutvak, saying “baseless legal claims will only distract them while we sign up volunteers, talk to voters, and win this election.”
