WASHINGTON – Attorneys for former president Donald Trump on Friday sent stop-and-stop letters to three Republican organizations asking them to stop using the former president’s name and likeness in fundraising applications and merchandise, a Trump adviser said Said Saturday.
The letters were sent to the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senate Committee – the weapon of the party that had the task of raising money and shaping messages, including for the midterm elections and beyond.
The committees did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for comment. Politico was the first to report the news.
Since Trump left office, the committees have repeatedly referred to him in emails asking for donations, hoping to use the president’s popularity among some parts of the party to bolster their war coffers while working to control to get the House and Senate back in 2022.
However, Trump was reluctant to offer his support to the party institution after losing the presidency and then being charged for a second time. Ten House Republicans voted with Democrats to accuse Trump, and seven Senate Republicans voted to condemn him for allegedly inciting the deadly mob that attacked the Capitol on January 6 with the goal of dropping the score. of disrupting the ballots that formalize Joe Biden’s election victory ahead of a joint congressional session. . Although by far the most dual support for conviction in the history of the indictment, the final vote was 57 to 43, 10 less than the 67 votes required to obtain a conviction.
After a visit to Trump in January at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Kevin McCarthy, leader of the House of Representatives, R-Calif., Told reporters that Trump had not committed himself to running out of the primary election of the Republican House.
At the Conservative Political Action Conference last weekend in Florida, Trump listed the names of the Republican Republicans who voted to accuse or condemn him, saying “get rid of everyone.”
He also told attendees “there is only one way to contribute to our efforts” to select Trump Republicans: donate to his PAC, or via his website.