SCOOP: Trump campaign official Jason Miller was paid $20,000 a month for “podcast & radio” work with Bannon’s nonprofit currently under investigation, according to court documents. He was ducking child support at the time. Me @Salon https://www.salon.com/2020/09/01/trump-campaign-aide-was-paid-20000-a-month-by-bannon-nonprofit-linked-to-alleged-fraud/

Miller’s own court filings show he appears to be getting paid as much as $35,000 a month by the Trump campaign, but there’s no FEC record of the Trump campaign paying him — or campaign manager Bill Stepien.

It’s not clear what Miller’s effectual $240,000 a year salary covered at Bannon’s nonprofit. He joined the same month that prosecutors say the group first learned they were under investigation and switched to encrypted communications. He worked for 6 months after that.

I’m not sure how clear it is that $35,000 a month would be absolutely insane for campaign work. $420,000 a year! (Biden campaign pays campaign manager Greg Schultz less than $100,000.)

Plus, the campaign and Miller apparently don’t want you, their donors, or the FEC to know.

Also, Miller registered as a lobbyist the month before Trump brought him on the campaign. He lobbied the WHITE HOUSE — for COVID money, of course, including for a lender currently getting hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly wrongfully prioritizing large PPP loans

But one of the most important questions here is: Who the hell is paying Trump’s campaign manager? How much is he getting paid? Why isn’t the campaign reporting that?