Leavitt Has Stiffed Campaign Vendors For $326,000

Open Secrets reports:

President Donald Trump’s White House press secretary has a money problem that won’t go away. As spring turned to summer, Karoline Leavitt’s 2022 congressional campaign committee failed to pay off a penny of the $326,370.50 it owes across more than 100 creditors, according to a new disclosure filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Karoline for Congress raised no money during April, May or June to help retire the debt, the disclosure indicates. Much of the campaign’s debt stems from illegal and excessive contributions that it accepted several years ago but hasn’t returned to donors.

By law, federal political candidates are not personally liable for their committees’ campaign debt. The reigning king of campaign debt remains Republican Newt Gingrich, whose failed 2012 presidential campaign still owes dozens of creditors a combined $4.63 million as of June 30, according to FEC records.

Read the full article. There’s more. Meanwhile Leavitt continues to attack “deadbeats” over their student loans and poor people who “expect government handouts” such as Medicaid and food stamps.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt ran for Congress in 2022. Her campaign committee owes more than $300K to donors and vendors, but did not raise any money last quarter to pay down that debt. https://t.co/UV1Vg5w5oh

— OpenSecrets.org (@OpenSecretsDC) July 28, 2025