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Trump committees paid Dhillon Law $13.9M before founders joined admin
Donations In, Favors OutHis Lawyers, Now at Justice
Filed January 2025$13,847,315
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What happened
From 2019 through the eve of Trump's second inauguration, four Trump-aligned committees, including his 2024 campaign and the Republican National Committee, paid the Dhillon Law Group a combined $13,847,315, most of it from the campaign itself.
Who enabled it
Deal or steal?
After the payments, founder Harmeet Dhillon was confirmed as the Justice Department's Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and partner David Warrington became White House Counsel, where his name later surfaced in the commutation of his former client Imaad Zuberi.
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Between August 11, 2022 and the day before Trump's second inauguration, four Trump-affiliated committees disbursed a combined $13,847,315 to Dhillon Law Group, per Federal Election Commission Schedule B records: $7,262,161 from the Trump 2024 principal campaign committee (Never Surrender, Inc.), $3,493,733 from the Republican National Committee, $2,874,536 from Save America PAC, and $216,885 from Make America Great Again PAC. Harmeet Dhillon founded the firm and built it into a leading conservative election-law and First Amendment practice; David Warrington was a partner. Warrington became White House Counsel at the start of the second Trump administration; Dhillon was confirmed as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in April 2025. Payments continued to flow to the firm after both took administration roles -- roughly $4M in 2025 and early 2026 across the four committees -- but are excluded from this pre-inauguration figure.
Sources
- Federal Election Commission · May 23, 2026fec.govDonald J. Trump for President 2024 (Never Surrender, Inc.) disbursements to Dhillon Law Group (FEC Schedule B)
- Federal Election Commission · May 23, 2026fec.govMake America Great Again PAC disbursements to Dhillon Law Group (FEC Schedule B)
- Federal Election Commission · May 23, 2026fec.govRepublican National Committee disbursements to Dhillon Law Group (FEC Schedule B)
- Federal Election Commission · May 23, 2026fec.govSave America PAC disbursements to Dhillon Law Group (FEC Schedule B)
Further reading
- ★ Private ActionJanuary 2025Trump PACs paid Habba's firm $8.9M before Habba joined White House
- ★ Private ActionJanuary 2025Trump PAC paid Blanche Law $9.3M before Blanche became Deputy AG
- ★ Private ActionJanuary 2025Trump PAC paid Otis Law $2M before Sauer became Solicitor General
- ★ Private ActionJuly 2026FIFA reverses a US player's World Cup ban after Trump's call
- ★ Private ActionJune 2026Trump owns private-prison stocks his deportation drive is enriching
- ★ Government ActionMay 2026Trump's DOJ forever-bars IRS claims against Trump and family