“I am not going to win the presidency. I’m not running to win. I’m running to be the margin of defeat … in the swing states. Because I’m a federal candidate, I can run television ads 60 days from the election, and the TV stations are required by law to take them, so I can target Catholic and African-American voters in Wisconsin, in Michigan, in Pennsylvania.”

So, he admits that he is campaigning to elect Trump and his expenditures are actually intended to aid the Trump campaign rather than getting himself elected. That seems to me that this advertising an in kind contribution and, since it would exceed personal contribution limits, illegal under Federal Election laws.

Any lawyers around who can confirm or refute that?