He was actually able to take the Republican funds for his lawyers until he declared. At the moment of declaration he lost a shitload of income opportunity. But this a****** will figure out how to con these people . They are a bunch of morons.
First, on the site the fine print will say it's going to something other than his campaign.
Second, he'll just take it and not care. He literally went on camera and told people to assault the Capitol and they did and we still haven't managed to prosecute him. You think he's going to care about election finance laws? [Insert Al Capone rejoinder here.]