The Republican and Democratic National Committees are already raising millions preparing for an expected flurry of litigation and potential recounts after Election Day, and while Vice President Kamala Harris and the DNC have outraised Republicans this election cycle, the GOP is so far investing more cash in what happens after the polls have closed.
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00:00The Republican and Democratic National Committees are already raising millions,
00:04preparing for an expected flurry of litigation and potential recounts after Election Day.
00:09And while Vice President Kamala Harris and the DNC have outraced Republicans this election cycle,
00:15the GOP is so far investing more cash in what happens after the polls have closed.
00:22Federal filings show the RNC had raised $90 million for its recount account through September
00:2830, as compared to only $14.3 million raised by the DNC through October 16,
00:35even as the DNC has raised more money overall,
00:38taking in $538.8 million to the RNC's $390.2 million.
00:46Both parties are preparing massive legal operations to file and respond to litigation
00:51on and after Election Day, which the Campaign Legal Center notes will be paid for through
00:56a combination of candidate funds and special recount accounts set up through the RNC and DNC.
01:04Republicans have spent $20 million on legal expenses so far through their recount account,
01:09which can spend money before the election getting ready for post-election challenges,
01:13while the DNC has spent $27.6 million on legal expenses in total so far this election cycle,
01:20but has not specified any as coming from their recount fund.
01:24An RNC official told ABC News the party is ready to deploy 5,000 volunteer attorneys
01:30and has staff already on the ground in 18 states to handle quote-unquote election integrity efforts.
01:37The Harris campaign has corralled a central team of lawyers to handle its post-election
01:42legal efforts, telling ABC the Biden and Harris campaigns have been strategizing
01:46on their post-election litigation strategy since Biden announced his re-election in 2023.
01:54The anticipated onslaught of litigation following the November election comes after Trump set a
01:58precedent of widespread post-election lawsuits in 2020. The Trump campaign and its allies filed at
02:05least 60 lawsuits challenging the election results in battleground states, losing all
02:09but one minor lawsuit that only affected a small number of votes. The litigation strategy was part
02:16of a broader attempt by Trump and his allies to overturn the election results, which was
02:20unsuccessful and led to Trump and many of his associates getting indicted in state and federal
02:25court. For more on this story, check out Alison Durkee's article in the link in the description.