Trump PAC Pushing Baseless Voter Fraud Claims Reportedly Paid $60K to Designer Known for Styling First Ladies

Mar. 15, 2025

From left: Donald and Melania Trump.Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty

Former PresidentDonald Trump’s Save America leadership PAC has paid a total of $60,000, in four separate installments, to a designer who once styled former first ladyMelania Trump, in addition to first ladiesHillary Clinton,Laura BushandMichelle Obama.

The PAC, which was launched after the 2020 presidential election to challenge its outcome, paid Hervé Pierre Braillard $6,000 on April 7, and made three additional payments of $18,000 each to the French fashion designer on May 4, June 3 and June 24 of this year,according to Federal Election Commission filings.

USA Todaywas first to report the news.

The monies are described as “strategy consulting” services, according to the filings, and a senior official with Save America elaborated in an email statement to PEOPLE.

“Mr. Pierre serves as a senior advisor to Save America, involved in event management and special projects,” the official said.

It is against FEC rules for candidate PACs to spend money on personal items, according toUSA Today, but the group is described as a “leadership PAC,” which has fewer restrictions.

The House Select committee, which is investigating the Capitol insurrection, has openly criticized Save America, which has raised millions of dollars to fight election fraud claims.

This is not the first time the PAC has been in the spotlight regarding its disbursement of funds.

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Braillard, who designed Melania’s inaugural ball gown, discussed his connection with the controversial first lady in a 2017 interview with Vanessa Friedman inThe New York Times.

“The beauty of this country is it’s a democracy, so some people want to dress certain people and some people don’t want to,” he told the paper’s fashion director and chief fashion critic. “I choose to.”

“If you forget about the political, or whatever, that’s behind it, the needs are so interesting to answer,” he continued. “Even if I’m not creating the clothes, it is very creative to consider how it’s going to be perceived.”

source: people.com