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Posted: 2023-07-31T04:13:18Z | Updated: 2023-07-31T13:31:05Z

Former President Donald Trump s political action committee spent more than $40 million on legal fees in the first half of 2023 alone amid a growing maelstrom of lawsuits and indictments, The Washington Post reported this weekend.

Trumps PAC, Save America, is expected to disclose the gargantuan level of spending in filings with the Federal Election Commission on Monday. The Post notes the massive spending accounts for the former presidents own legal team, and also attorneys for his former aides, advisers and supporters that have been ensnared in the investigations related to his behavior during and after his presidency.

The fact that the political group is paying for legal counsel for dozens of people, including those that could be witnesses in various trials, has raised concerns among prosecutors about potential conflicts of interest, the Post added.

The $40.2 million in spending this year brings the PACs total outlay for legal fees to $56 million since Trump left the White House, with the prospect of much more to come.

Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith filed more federal felony charges against Trump on Thursday as part of his investigation into the former presidents handling of classified information after his presidency. Smiths team is also reportedly nearing charging decisions in relation to the ongoing investigation into Trumps behavior surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.

Trump faces state-level charges related to payments made at the end of 2016 to the porn star Stormy Daniels. And prosecutors in Georgia are probing his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election there.