Presidential candidates also must comply with strict limits on the amount of money they can collect from each donor and are barred from coordinating their activities with super PACs.
American Bridge says it has filed the lawsuit because the FEC, which often deadlocks along partisan lines, has not yet taken action. It’s not clear that the case would move through the court system quickly enough to influence matters before the 2024 campaign gets underway.
An FEC spokeswoman said Wednesday that the commission does not comment on litigation. And a Trump spokesman did not immediately respond to CNN inquiries.
“I would say my big decision will be whether I go before or after,” Trump said in the interview, in an apparent reference to November’s midterm elections.
“Do I go before or after? That will be my big decision,” he added, after confirming that he has “already made that decision” when asked if he is planning to run.
The lawsuit cites earlier comments by the former President that hint at a 2024 campaign. They include remarks in February 2022 at a Conservative Political Action Conference gathering when Trump said of another presidential campaign: “We did it twice and we’ll do it again. … We’re going to be doing it again a third time.”
Jessica Floyd, president of American Bridge 21st Century, said in a statement that the lawsuit is aimed at preventing Trump from “continuing to flout the law with his current, active presidential campaign.”
