At the center of the fight for who will control the Republican National Committee through the 2024 election is a dispute over who’s drawing money from the party and whether the expenses are appropriate in a party committee.
Harmeet Dhillon, left, and current RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
McDaniel, the niece of Mitt Romney and a longtime trusted confidant of former President Donald Trump, collected an increased salary from the party for the past six years and had the party put her up in a luxury Washington apartment along the waterfront to the tune of more than $400,000, according to a review of campaign finance records.
Dhillon, a veteran conservative operator who ingratiated herself with Trump as one of his lead attorneys in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, billed the committee for a total of“It is unique to say the least. I never remember anybody making that kind of money, or close to it, who’s a member of the committee,” said an RNC committee member supporting McDaniel, of Dhillon’s legal fees. “If you’re going to live in a glass house, it’s best not to throw stones.
The party chair has immense power in determining who is able to make the primary debate stage — something which proved immensely helpful to Trump in 2016 as he used primary debates to tear his opponents to shreds — and ultimately sets the rules that decide how the Republican Party picks its nominee for president.
Dhillon’s supporters have accused the party, under McDaniel’s leadership, of spending lavishly on expenses for McDaniel and committee staff, during her six years leading the party.
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