FILE - Chris LaCivita, senior strategist for former President Donald Trump, stands outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Federal Courthouse, Aug. 3, 2023, in Washington. Trump's new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president's legal bills before the party gets a cut, according to a fundraising invitation obtained by The Associated Press. LaCivita told The Associated Press in an interview that "not a penny of the RNC's money or, for that matter, the campaign's money has gone or will go to pay legal fees." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio. Trump's new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president's legal bills before the party gets a cut, according to a fundraising invitation obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)
FILE - Lara Trump, the newly-elected co-chair of the Republican National Committee, gives an address during the general session of the RNC Spring Meeting Friday, March 8, 2024, in Houston. Trump's handpicked leadership team for for the RNC includes Trump, his daughter-in-law, who said in February that she thought Republican voters would like to see the RNC pay Trump's legal fees. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)