So, Trump has raised all this money. More than 80 million, supposedly.

[pnwmom]

(Though whether that includes the 50 million he donated himself isn't clear to me.)

So where is it going?

It's not being paid to Paul Manafort -- he's working for free.

It's not all going to state offices -- he only has a skeletal GOTV system.

And it's not going for TV ads. He hasn't bought any TV time.

He HAS been spending money for rallies . . . but where else has the money been going?

[Mme. Defarge]

1. That is the question!

Gotta wonder if the campaign is primarily a moneymaking scheme.

[yeoman6987]

5. Apparently he's saving it until October and then doing nonstop commercials

However they say a lot of things so who knows.

[tblue37]

2. He is laundering it into his own pockets--

Much of the money paid to vendors and to companies to rent venues is paid to Trump's own shell companies:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/6/21/1540967/-All-in-the-family-Trump-campaign-pays-Trump-comanies-6-million

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/06/21/donald-trump-campaign-money/

[pnwmom]

3. And when he's done, he can take whatever he doesn't spend and donate it to

his own charitable foundation.

Because that's one of the legal options for leftover campaign money -- donating it to charity.

[Coyotl]

4. He gets to keep it, legally!

And he gets to pay back himself personally for every dime he loaned to the campaign too.

[JoePhilly]

6. Putin?