They used the money on the election campaign.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_des_assistants_parleme...
This is just the latest example showing how wrong your take is.
1. You win when a 1 is rolled
2. You win when a 1 or a 2 is rolled
Despite both of the situations being less than 50% the 2nd one is still more effective.
(Also your comment implies Trump's campaign doesn't have boots on the ground which obviously isn't true ...)