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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump PAC has spent more than $40 million on legal costs this year for himself, others
This is an amazing amount of legal fees. This amount is really amazing in that there are no tier one or tier two firms representing TFG in these lawsuit. TFG is defrauding his idiot donor base to pay for his legal issues
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/29/trump-lawyers-pac-deoliveira-loyal/
Former president Donald Trumps political group spent more than $40 million on legal costs in the first half of 2023 to defend Trump, his advisers and others, according to people familiar with the matter, financing legal work that has drawn scrutiny from prosecutors about potential conflicts of interest between Trump and witnesses.
Save America, the former presidents PAC, is expected to disclose about $40.2 million in legal spending in a filing expected Monday, said the people familiar with the filing, who like others interviewed spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss information that has not been made public.
That total is more than any other expense the PAC has incurred during Trumps 2024 presidential campaign and, according to federal filings from earlier this month, more than Trumps campaign raised in the second quarter of 2023. It will bring the PACs post-presidential legal spending to about $56 million, as Trump faces a federal indictment in Florida, state charges in New York, and the prospect of additional criminal indictments in Washington and Fulton County, Ga.....
The PACs own fundraising and creation is under investigation, The Post has reported, though the group has not been accused of wrongdoing. Much of the money it is using to pay for legal bills was raised on false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Save America, the former presidents PAC, is expected to disclose about $40.2 million in legal spending in a filing expected Monday, said the people familiar with the filing, who like others interviewed spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss information that has not been made public.
That total is more than any other expense the PAC has incurred during Trumps 2024 presidential campaign and, according to federal filings from earlier this month, more than Trumps campaign raised in the second quarter of 2023. It will bring the PACs post-presidential legal spending to about $56 million, as Trump faces a federal indictment in Florida, state charges in New York, and the prospect of additional criminal indictments in Washington and Fulton County, Ga.....
The PACs own fundraising and creation is under investigation, The Post has reported, though the group has not been accused of wrongdoing. Much of the money it is using to pay for legal bills was raised on false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
TFG is defrauding or taking advantage of the idiots in his donor base
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Trump PAC has spent more than $40 million on legal costs this year for himself, others (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 2023
OP
Has it always been "legal" for PAC money to be spent on attorneys defending
Eliot Rosewater
Jul 2023
#1
Is it one of those things that wasnt clarified because it was unthinkable, like
Eliot Rosewater
Jul 2023
#6
This $40 million is on top of the $250 million he raised after the 2020 election for the "election d
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 2023
#7
He is dreaming of getting back in the White House and making the US treasury pay his legal fees
Walleye
Jul 2023
#3
Donald Trump is using donor money meant for his campaign as his personal piggy bank. And lots of it!
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2023
#11
Eliot Rosewater
(34,282 posts)1. Has it always been "legal" for PAC money to be spent on attorneys defending
a corrupt candidate? Or anybody else related to the candidate?
You wouldnt think it would be. I have no idea, I mean it must be, but this is ridiculous.
LetMyPeopleVote
(170,941 posts)5. No other candidate has had as many legal issues as TFG
We are in uncharted territory
Eliot Rosewater
(34,282 posts)6. Is it one of those things that wasnt clarified because it was unthinkable, like
everything else this prick does?
Ridiculous.
Takket
(23,280 posts)2. Every dollar spent on legal fees is a dollar not spent on ads against Biden
Im glad to hear this! Waste that money!
LetMyPeopleVote
(170,941 posts)7. This $40 million is on top of the $250 million he raised after the 2020 election for the "election d
Takket
(23,280 posts)8. Disgusting!
His supporters really are the dumbest people on earth
Walleye
(42,747 posts)3. He is dreaming of getting back in the White House and making the US treasury pay his legal fees
LetMyPeopleVote
(170,941 posts)4. Trumpworld has spent over $40 million on legal fees alone.
moondust
(21,071 posts)9. How much lifetime legal waste?
From the 1980s until he was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump and his businesses were involved in over 4,000 legal cases in U.S. federal and state courts...
And many more since 2016.
Inherit half a billion, hire enough lawyers to stay out of jail despite a lifetime of criminal behavior.
And many more since 2016.
Inherit half a billion, hire enough lawyers to stay out of jail despite a lifetime of criminal behavior.
LetMyPeopleVote
(170,941 posts)10. Don Winslow-#TrumpMagaSuckers
LetMyPeopleVote
(170,941 posts)11. Donald Trump is using donor money meant for his campaign as his personal piggy bank. And lots of it!
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Hey MAGA Republicans at the #TrumpRally. Donald Trump is using donor money meant for his campaign as his personal piggy bank. And lots of it!
Former President Trump blew through over $40 million of PAC donations on legal fees this year for himself. Trump also requested a $60 million refund from the Super PAC supporting him, as he burned through cash meant to help his campaign.
Donald Trump is campaigning despite facing indictments in two jurisdictions, and soon, there might be a third. Additionally, he is covering the legal expenses of several witnesses closely associated with him or working for him.
Special Counsel Jack Smith and Merrick Garland at the DOJ, your prosecutors might want to look into this potential conflict of interest. Is this unlawful?
Former President Trump blew through over $40 million of PAC donations on legal fees this year for himself. Trump also requested a $60 million refund from the Super PAC supporting him, as he burned through cash meant to help his campaign.
Donald Trump is campaigning despite facing indictments in two jurisdictions, and soon, there might be a third. Additionally, he is covering the legal expenses of several witnesses closely associated with him or working for him.
Special Counsel Jack Smith and Merrick Garland at the DOJ, your prosecutors might want to look into this potential conflict of interest. Is this unlawful?