Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd during a campaign rally on September 25, 2023 in Summerville, South Carolina. A fund intended to pay the legal bills of former president Donald Trump's allies backed chiefly by reported QAnon supporters has spent nearly $400,000, the bulk of which went to a single law firm, new records showed Wednesday. The Patriot Legal Defense Fund received more than $1.5 million between its creation in mid-July and the end of December, according to documents filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Of the total spent by the group, $221,000 went to the firm Brand Woodward Law, mostly in the form of professional and legal fees. Another $150,000 from the fund went to the law firm Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher for the nondescript purpose of "services rendered," the IRS filing shows.

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Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, QAnon, Brand, Gibson, Dunn, Crutcher, Trump, Susie Wiles, Michael Glassner, Caryn, Caryn Borland, Michael Borland, Mike Pence, Michael Organizations: U.S, Patriot Legal Defense Fund, Internal Revenue Service, Brand Woodward Law, IRS, The New York Times, QAnon, Trump, Associated Press, CNBC Locations: Summerville , South Carolina, Montana