The Federal Election Commission (FEC) approved a payment of about $614,000 in taxpayer funds to former Vice President Mike Pence to pay debts incurred during his brief presidential run.
During a July 25 open commission meeting, the FEC’s six-member bipartisan commission certified the six-figure payment to Mr. Pence out of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. That follows a $100,000 transfer from the U.S. Treasury in May.
Mr. Pence, who served under former President Donald Trump, dropped his bid for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in October 2023.
According to its latest disclosure statement filed with the agency, Mr. Pence’s principal campaign committee, Mike Pence for President, owes just under $1.3 million to various consultants and printing companies for costs incurred during his four-month presidential run….