- Trump's PAC donated $1 million to the conservative nonprofit that employs Mark Meadows.
- It's the biggest contribution Trump's committee made in the last six months of 2021.
- Meadows served as Trump's chief of staff in the last year of his presidency.
Former President Donald Trump's political action committee Save America donated $1 million to the Conservative Partnership Institute, a nonprofit organization where Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows serves as a senior partner.
The seven-figure sum is the biggest contribution Trump's PAC made in the second half of 2021, according to new federal filings. In total, the committee donated $1,350,000 to "like-minded causes and endorsed candidates," the former president's team said in a press release.
Trump has a current war chest of $122 million, with over $51 million raised in the second half of last year.
"Trump has built a political organization that continues to capture and define the future of the Republican Party," Taylor Budowich, a spokesperson for the former president, said in a press release on Tuesday.
Trump's committee donated to Meadows' workplace on July 26, 2021.
Meadows, who served as Trump's chief of staff in the last year of his presidency, was thrust into the national spotlight in December when the House voted to hold him in criminal contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena from the congressional panel investigating the January 6 Capitol riot.
Meadows had briefly cooperated with committee's probe, turning over text messages related to January 6 that he exchanged with Trump officials and allies. But Meadows refused to provide additional information and appear for a scheduled deposition, prompting the House vote. The vote referred Meadows to the Justice Department for a potential criminal contempt charge.
Also in December, Meadows released a memoir about his time in Trump's White House. The former president was reportedly upset with several parts of Meadows' book, including his disclosure that Trump tested positive for COVID-19 shortly before his first debate with Joe Biden. Trump called the claim "fake news," and Meadows agreed with that assessment while attempting to make amends to his ex-boss. Trump also reportedly took issue with Meadows' descriptions of his appearance while he was sick with COVID-19 in October 2020.