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Hugo Lowell

Trump files complaint against Harris for taking over Biden’s campaign funds

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Harris campaigns in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 23 July 2024. Photograph: Kamil Krzaczyński/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s campaign on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against the vice-president Kamala Harris, accusing her 2024 campaign of violating federal campaign finance laws by replacing Joe Biden’s name with her own to take control of his campaign funds.

The complaint, filed by the Trump campaign’s general counsel, David Warrington, argued that the Biden campaign could not rename its committee from “Biden for President” to “Harris for President” once Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday, and roll over $91m.

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