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Using a blizzard of misleading appeals to his gullible supporters about the integrity of the election, Trump has raised roughly $250 million since Election Day. The contributions from thousands of duped donors across the country are deposited into several accounts, including Save America, which is loosely regulated and could be used to personally benefit the president after he leaves the White House.

More than $60 million of that sum has gone to a new political action committee, which Mr. Trump will control after he leaves office. This is about as much money as he spent to win his party’s presidential nomination in 2016.

Email and text solicitations have also solicited Trump supporters to give to a “Georgia Election Fund,” even though no funds go directly to either GOP Senator David Perdue or GOP Senator Kelly Loeffler. Instead, the fine print shows 75% of the donations to the Georgia fund go to Mr. Trump’s Save America PAC, with 25% to the Republican National Committee.

Who knew that losing an election would be so lucrative? Clearly, our shameless grifter-in-chief knew.