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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MADISON - President Donald Trump is raising money for a recount in Wisconsin following , but the money could be used to pay down the president's campaign debt instead.In the Trump campaign's latest push to raise money for its "election defense" fund, at least half of any donation could go toward paying down debt for the president's campaign, according to the fine print.The Trump campaign has mounted legal challenges in several battleground states that delivered a victory Saturday to&nbsp;Biden.Trump and his campaign maintain there are too many "irregularities" with Wisconsin's presidential election ballots to trust the outcome but have not produced&nbsp;evidence to support the accusation.&nbsp; &nbsp;Results:Full coverage:The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has asked the campaign twice since Tuesday's election for examples of problems the campaign alleges exist. So far, the campaign has not provided proof or specific instances.&nbsp;Trump and officials with his campaign have floated vague accusations with no evidence of election tampering in&nbsp;Wisconsin since it became clear early Wednesday that the state's voters had&nbsp;picked Biden&nbsp;by a narrow margin.&nbsp;Bill Stepien, Trump's campaign manager, said Wednesday that the campaign would seek a recount because "there have been reports of irregularities in several Wisconsin counties, which raise serious doubts about the validity of the results." Biden defeated Trump in Wisconsin by about 20,000 votes — a margin previous recounts in Wisconsin have not come close to erasing.Over the last four days, the Trump campaign as well as the Republican National Committee have sent a flurry of text messages and emails urging supporters to contribute to the president's court challenges."We will NOT give up. The Wisconsin results are too close," an email sent from the Trump campaign on Saturday morning said. "There are too many irregularities and room for potential DECEPTION to give up now. We need to FIGHT BACK, but we can’t do it without your help."The email says Trump activated "the EMERGENCY Wisconsin Recount Fund."But a disclaimer on the campaign's website states that 50% of any donation will go toward the campaign's general election debt retirement and the other half toward the campaign's recount account, the Wall Street Journal first reported.A separate fundraising effort by the "Trump Make America Great Again Committee" states that 60% of contributions will go toward campaign debt while 40% goes to the RNC.Biden's campaign also has launched a fundraising effort in anticipation of a drawn-out legal battle. While the fine print does not include any disclaimer about retiring campaign debt, it does indicate that a portion of the donation would go toward the Democratic National Committee and the remainder would benefit the former vice president's recount account.USA TODAY has reached out to both campaigns for comment. The RNC and DNC typically play a key role in supporting election litigation efforts. A Republican National Committee official told the Journal Sentinel on Wednesday that the GOP and Trump campaign plan to follow up on "issues" at polling places and with "the handling of information" but would not provide specific examples.&nbsp;Anna Kelly, a Wisconsin Trump campaign spokeswoman, referred questions about the allegations to the Trump campaign in Washington, D.C. That office&nbsp;did not respond to a request&nbsp;for an interview Thursday.Meagan Wolfe, the director of the Wisconsin&nbsp;Elections&nbsp;Commission, said during a call with reporters Thursday that her agency had "not received any report&nbsp;of any irregularities.""There's been no problems reported to our office, no complaints filed with our office on any irregularities," Wolfe said.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MADISON - President Donald Trump is raising money for a recount in Wisconsin following , but the money could be used to pay down the president's campaign debt instead.In the Trump campaign's latest push to raise money for its "election defense" fund, at least half of any donation could go toward paying down debt for the president's campaign, according to the fine print.The Trump campaign has mounted legal challenges in several battleground states that delivered a victory Saturday to&nbsp;Biden.Trump and his campaign maintain there are too many "irregularities"...

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