Trump's PAC is hemorrhaging money on his legal fees while DeSantis' is sitting on nearly $100 million

• Former President Donald Trump's PAC, Save America, spent $21 million on legal fees this year for Trump and his advisers.
• The PAC reported less than $4 million in cash on hand.

Former President Donald Trump's political action committee spent tens of millions in legal fees in the first half of the year and is currently sitting on less than $4 million. His main Republican competitor, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, has a long way to go to catch up with him in the polls but has nearly $100 million remaining in the bank, recent FEC filings show.

Trump is currently embroiled in several state and federal legal cases involving alleged hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, allegations he mishandled classified documents after leaving the White House, and that he potentially instructed employees of his to delete security camera footage at Mar-A-Lago despite a subpoena for the tape.

Being involved in several high-stakes cases all at once has come at a price for Trump's PAC, Save America: more than $21 million, according to a Reuters review of the PAC's most recent FEC filing. The money was not only spent on Trump's legal fees but also that of some of his advisers, some of whom have also needed legal representation in relation to his ongoing cases.

In addition to Save America, Trump also has the financial backing of his super PAC, MAGA Inc — it reported having $30.8 million in cash on hand at the end of June — as well as his campaign, which reported it has $22.5 million in the bank.

Despite this, combining the finances of Trump's campaign, PAC, and super PAC doesn't come close to matching the cash on hand reported by DeSantis' super PAC, Never Back Down, which said it had $96.8 million sitting in the bank at the end of June.

Even with his massive cash advantage, things are beginning to look bleak for the DeSantis presidential campaign.

DeSantis still trailed Trump by 37 percentage points in a recent survey from the New York Times where a majority of likely GOP voters said they don't want a candidate dedicated to fighting "woke" ideology. Additionally, in recent weeks, DeSantis laid off close to a dozen staffers as top campaign officials told outlets the governor is planning to reboot his campaign.