- Karoline Leavitt's failed 2022 congressional campaign still carries over $326,000 in debt, largely owed to donors for refunds exceeding federal contribution limits, according to NOTUS.
- The campaign, which has no cash on hand, has already refunded $2,900 to each of Leavitt's parents.
- A liberal watchdog group, End Citizens United, filed a complaint with election regulators over the stalled refunds, but the FEC lacks sufficient commissioners to act.
- Leavitt, now White House Press Secretary, is not personally liable for the campaign's debts, though she could donate funds, or the campaign could raise more.
- Leavitt, who served in the first Trump administration and echoed 2020 election conspiracies, has been noted for a briefing room dynamic that favors conservative social media influencers.
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