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Trump White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt<\/strong>\u2018s old congressional campaign still owes creditors more than $326,000 \u2014 and they have little chance of collecting, according to a NOTUS report citing a new Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing.<\/p>\n

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The debts of the campaign, from 2022, are largely from supporters who donated more than federal law permits. The total of those excessive contributions amounts to more than $210,000. NOTUS reports that federal law requires campaigns to not spend those funds, but Leavitt\u2019s campaign currently has no cash on hand.<\/p>\n

Trump White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt<\/strong>\u2018s old congressional campaign still owes creditors more than $326,000 \u2014 and they have little chance of collecting, according to a NOTUS report citing a new Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing.<\/p>\n

The debts of the campaign, from 2022, are largely from supporters who donated more than federal law permits. The total of those excessive contributions amounts to more than $210,000. NOTUS reports that federal law requires campaigns to not spend those funds, but Leavitt\u2019s campaign currently has no cash on hand.<\/p>\n

Leavitt, a congressional candidate from New Hampshire, lost her 2022 race to Democrat Chris Pappas. Her campaign has made no progress in raising funds to retire those debts, NOTUS notes, according to her committee\u2019s filing.<\/p>\n

Many political campaigns carry debt \u2014 sometimes hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars \u2014 for years after the election, NOTUS reported. \u201cBut the Leavitt campaign debt is different, since a significant portion requires refunds for contributions that exceeded the legal limit by hundreds or thousands of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While an FEC complaint was filed in 2022, there\u2019s been no update.<\/p>\n

The FEC \u201chas been unable to take enforcement action of any sort since May 1, 2025, when the campaign finance regulator entered a de facto shutdown after losing the minimum number of commissioners to perform such high level duties.\u201d Trump has nominated two new commissioners, but they are awaiting Senate confirmation, and no hearing has been announced.<\/p>\n

The New Hampshire Bulletin last year reported that \u201ccampaigns are required to repay donors anything over the limit, which at the time was $2,900 per election, within 60 days, per FEC regulations. Leavitt\u2019s campaign appears to not have done that based on this disclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, OpenSecrets reported that by law, \u201cfederal political candidates are not personally liable for their committees\u2019 campaign debt,\u201d and her campaign\u2019s \u201coptions for making creditors whole are limited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Candidates like Leavitt could \u201cpersonally contribute money to their campaign committee, which in turn may pay people and companies owed money. But federal records indicate that this is rare.\u201d<\/p>\n

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