Florida Gov. DeSantis is poised to jump into the Republican presidential primary in the coming months with an $86 million pot of donor money and a legally questionable strategy for using it.
Some election lawyers say the cash can’t be used to help his White House bid, but his allies are pressing forward
WASHINGTON—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to jump into the Republican presidential primary in the coming months with an $86 million pot of donor money—and a legally questionable strategy for using it.
The cash, currently sitting in a Florida political committee fund, would need to take a circuitous path to help him: It is illegal to use money raised for a state election to run for federal office, meaning Mr. DeSantis can’t simply transfer it into a presidential campaign account.
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