The campaign committee for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday reported its first net loss since the outspoken Georgia politician was elected.
About half of the $314,000 deficit went to fees for former President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 attorney, as well as a security detail linked to Kyle Rittenhouse.
Friday’s filing with the Federal Election Commission also revealed that previous contribution totals were revised down by more than $100,000.
Greene’s campaign committee, which is regarded as one of the top fundraisers in the House, spent about $1.2 million in the first quarter of 2022 while receiving $1.1 million in donations.
Her leading Democratic challenger, Marcus Flowers, outraised Greene by $2.4 million in the first three months of 2022, compared to her $1.1 million.
Greene still has the overall edge, raising a total of $8.4 million for her reelection bid, while Flowers has raised $7.1 million.
The Republican firebrand’s district, which sits in the northwestern corner of Georgia, skews heavily toward the GOP. Both Greene and Trump carried Georgia’s 14th Congressional District in 2020 by nearly 50-point margins. Greene’s Republican primary opponent, Jennifer Strahan, raised just $216,000 and only has $157,000 on hand.
Fundraising made up a large portion of Greene’s spending for Congress, according to the FEC.
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The Republican lawmaker expanded her digital fundraising operation and spent more than $400,000 on printing, postage, and other associated expenses.
She also shelled out $140,000 on security, hiring the same firm that protected Rittenhouse, a Wisconsin teenager found not guilty on charges related to the fatal shootings of two men during a riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The case had become a political lightning rod that challenged the doctrine of self-defense and garnered widespread national attention.
Prior to 2020, Greene had received protection free of charge from members of the Oath Keepers, an anti-government militia group, the Daily Beast reported. Unlike most Republicans, Greene took advantage of a ruling by the FEC that allowed lawmakers to hire bodyguards with campaign funds following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Greene’s reelection committee also paid $10,000 in January to the firm of John Eastman, the lawyer who emerged as one of the leaders behind the efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Greene, a first-term representative, has been at the center of numerous controversies since taking office, which has led to members of her own party calling her out.
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