Trump biographer raises questions about his wealth as campaign donors foot the bill for his many lawyers

Former President Donald Trumpā€™s PACs have spent about $50 million in donor money on his legal bills last year, sources told The New York Times.

The ā€œstaggering sumā€ spent by Trump on his legal fees and investigation-related expenses is about the same amount his lone remaining GOP primary opponent Nikki Haley raised across all her committees last year, the Timesā€™ Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher write. Federal Election Commission filings this week are expected to detail the full extent of Trumpā€™s ā€œenormous financial strain,ā€ they added.

Trump, who has a penchant for relying on campaign donations to pay his lawyers if he actually pays them at all, has used his Save America PAC to cover his legal costs. When the PAC ran low on cash last year, Trump asked for an unusual refund of $60 million that had been transferred to the pro-Trump MAGA Inc. PAC. Trump has also been directing 10% of donations raised through Save America to a PAC that primarily pays his lawyers, according to the Times.

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    10 months ago

    George Floyd was a drug addict

    So was Rush Limbaugh, but what does drug addition have to do with anything weā€™re talking about?

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      10 months ago

      These people always want to make it about something else other than the fact that theyā€™re racist bigoted assholes.

      And if you call then that, they get all defensive and ā€œI was just trying toā€¦ā€ crap. Itā€™s all in bad faith. Theyā€™ll just keto moving the goal posts until you give up.