A portion of the president’s $400 million political war chest is being set aside by Donald Trump to cover his family’s legal bills, the report said. The covered family members include his son Barron Trump, 20. Trump, 80, is preparing in case Democrats capture Congress in the Nov. 3, 2026, midterm elections, according to a report.
The money comes from his MAGA Inc. super PAC, which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars. The reserve would pay for potential legal defense costs if Democrats retake the House and possibly the Senate.
The preparations span the family, including First Lady Melania Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner, and cover the president’s remaining two years in office.
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., has sent a letter requesting information from Kushner and from Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners. Garcia’s letter cites a congressional investigation into “the unprecedented and dangerous ways in which President Trump and his family have profited directly from their access to power.”
Trump expects Democrats to open impeachment hearings if they retake the Capitol, a view he has held for a long time. The House impeached him twice during his first term, and acquittal followed in the Senate on both occasions. The threats aimed at his relatives have left him angry, though not surprised, reportedly, and the family is being readied by the president and his allies for two years of investigations.
Barron Trump and Andrew Tate
Andrew Tate, a manosphere figure suspected of rape and sex trafficking, is the subject of a July 2025 call by Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., for Barron Trump to testify before Congress about his relationship with him. Barron Trump is reported to admire Tate and to have had a phone conversation with him while being fitted for a suit.
The MeidasTouch podcast heard from Ansari that the president’s youngest son is an adult who wields real influence in his father’s orbit. “So he needs to be held accountable if he has committed any wrongdoing,” she said.
The earlier effort to put Barron Trump under oath made no progress in the Republican-controlled House. World Liberty Financial, the Trump cryptocurrency venture, counts him as a founder alongside his half-brothers Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
Where Democrats Would Look First
Democrats are expected to target first the participants in deals brokered by Trump family members, along with corporate donors to the president’s ballroom. Control of either the House or the Senate would give them subpoena power and funding for investigative staff, and probes could begin as early as February 2027.
Two years of family dealmaking in crypto, drones, artificial intelligence and prediction markets added an estimated $2.2 billion to Trump’s personal wealth.
Trump-linked crypto firms and 1789 Capital, Donald Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm, were singled out by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, and by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. Both men cautioned that no definitive list of targets exists yet.
Two letters about Affinity Partners’ dealings with Middle East governments and oil monarchies have gone unanswered by Kushner, Raskin says. Kushner was also representing the United States in diplomatic negotiations during the same period. A fund led by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman put $2 billion into the private equity firm six months after Kushner left office in January 2021.
A Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin heavily funded Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding. Freshman Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, called for an investigation into the wedding.
A private developer with ties to Republican campaign committees would buy a portion of Yosemite National Park under a proposed sale, and that proposal is the focus of Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
Oil and gas companies won tax breaks, subsidies and looser environmental rules, according to a report released by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. Those gains followed Trump’s request that the industry donate $1 billion during his 2024 campaign, according to the report.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., and other Democrats wrote in March to Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy about the $75 million documentary about Melania Trump. Was the project a losing bet at the box office, a bribe, or part of a pay-to-play arrangement with the administration? The letter put that question to him.
Kai Trump, the president’s 19-year-old granddaughter, could also draw scrutiny over her use of White House grounds to promote her eponymous clothing line.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told reporters on Sept. 17: “We’re going to hold the crooks accountable, beginning on day one.”
White House Dismisses the Threat
A White House official told the Daily Mail that Democrats have nothing to run on, and that they are going after the president, his Cabinet and his relatives rather than offering solutions for voters. The official called that approach embarrassing.
The investigations Democrats have aimed at Trump over the past decade drew a denunciation from Spokeswoman Lauren Bis. Spokeswoman Olivia Wales said in a statement that Democrats have no agenda to improve Americans’ lives, and that obstructing and targeting the president’s program is their only plan.
Every person in Trump’s orbit will be pursued by Democrats, relatives most of all, conservative lawyer Mike Davis said he expects. Davis predicted the strategy will cost the party politically.
Companies Hire Lawyers Early
Companies tied to Trump and his family are not waiting. They are hiring lawyers to run internal audits and retaining crisis communications firms for public outreach.
Ashley Callen, a lawyer at Jenner & Block and former general counsel to House Speaker Mike Johnson, said Democrats will not be patient, will expect documents quickly and will have no tolerance for stalling.
Republicans have already complained that Trump is not spending more of the $400 million on GOP candidates in the midterms. The plan described in the report holds part of that money in reserve for lawyers instead.