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Donald Trump spent over $52 million in PAC donor money on legal fees last year. Here's where it all went.
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2024
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The most surprising thing I think is that this confirms that he does sometimes pay lawyers.
Only with other people's money.
Rudy must be fuming.
Incorrect. MAGA paid some of his lawyers.
I wonder how many are demanding upfront payment now.
Donald Trump spent $52,431,858 on legal fees in 2023
Man, these people just live in a different world than the rest of us. Unreal.
It's like a few lifetime's worth of efforts went into defending this guy.
“The legions of MAGA faithful may not have been aware of this . . .”
Really I feel like if you’re thinking MAGAnuts might be upset that their political donations to trump are not going to campaign business, you probably don't understand anything. Of course they don’t care.
Like - are you from the 50s, Business insider article rewriter? I mean I could understand that. are you normally a sheltered food critic or something has been asked to write a political article? Maybe then it would make sense.
But anyone who has been following this for more than a year should never have this question pop in their mind. And the fact that they want to propose that may be the reality is, number one, a lie, number two, normalizing propaganda, and number three, the problem with corporate news media covering trump.
They are incapable of describing the reality.
If you're MAGA, his legal fees are an investment. He just needs to make it to the election, and then all bets are off.
The PAC may have considered the costs strategic value. Trump is their nominee, and his removal would cause a power vacuum. This would splinter the vote-base and hand the victory to the democrats.
As for the individuals who still donated… if after all the horrible bullshit the republicans have done, well not paying trumps fees and risking his removal would be akin to not participating at all. So they have no choice but to be satisfied with the cost.
But it does point out the quagmire that drains the PAC’s funds that could have been used in the campaign, and thats an obstacle of their own making.
Definitely has some strategic value. According to polls a sizable fraction have said they wouldn't vote for a convicted candidate, so in effort to not lose voters he has to delay cases past the election or obtain not guilty verdicts.
Problem is getting a conviction in time. Of all the criminal cases, the only one that might have a verdict in time is the hush money one and I don't think that rises to a felony.
The article should say despite claiming to be a billionaire.
Stupid question but it's that legal? Doesn't that money HAVE to go to his political endeavors,?
Nope.
According to the FEC:
"A nonconnected committee may expend its funds for any lawful purpose consistent with the Act and Commission regulations. An expenditure is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election."
Paying his legal fee certainly helps him. So. It's valid.
Didn't really understand it so thank you for clarifying.
Of course! Happy to help.
It's not like the people donating don't know that's what it's going to go to.
pretty sure the spam calls and emails to the poor saps only talk about "saving america"
then they're free to make up whatever it is they think that means
Then this is just it. Americans really are stupid at a level so great it's like a darkness/evil. Which means there's no hope anyway. That means this is the end coming.
Play stupid (fascist & criminal) games, win stupid prizes.
The stupid prize here is American democracy.