Republicans disturbed Trump has spent nearly $60 million in donations on legal fees: report

[SheltieLover]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/republicans-disturbed-trump-has-spent-nearly-60-million-in-donations-on-legal-fees-report/

Republicans disturbed Trump has spent nearly $60 million in donations on legal fees: report
Published 1 min ago on September 5, 2020By Tom Boggioni

According to a report from the New York Times, some Republican officials are casting a skeptical eye at both the millions of dollars in donations that Donald Trump is spending on legal fees as well as the reasons for some of the expenditures.

The report notes that the president “… and his affiliated political entities have spent at least $58.4 million in donations on legal and compliance work since 2015,” which is raising some eyebrows.

For comparison’s sake, the Times reports that former President Barack Obama spent $10.7 million on legal fees during the equivalent period starting in 2007 and that former President George Bush spent even less — which included his legal battle over his election that went all the way to the Supreme Court.

More at link.

[dalton99a]

1. Keep giving him more money.

Hookers and blow ain't free

[SheltieLover]

7. Likely why he has bn campaigning since installed into WH by putin

Then he can say whatever he is litigating his campaign.

[vlyons]

2. If there's a big pot of money

Trump has his hand in it.

[SheltieLover]

6. Absolutely!

Sickening.

[CrispyQ]

3. That reminds me of this old Borowitz:

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trumps-budget-contains-twenty-million-dollars-for-bail



The suckers are the people who still support and vote for republicans.

[SheltieLover]

5. I will never understand

How anyone who works for a living in any capacity could ever vote repuke.

Haha good one, Borowitz!

Thx for sharing!

[Demovictory9]

4. Kick

[SheltieLover]

9. Thx!

Hoping this means further cracks in his support system. 🤞

[Thekaspervote]

8. Is that a Susan Collins style "I'm concerned?" Gag me!!

[SheltieLover]

11. Sounds like it!

[onetexan]

10. How much of it was spent paying off hookers & keeping people quiet

[SheltieLover]

12. They ignore that because it is inconvenient

[tanyev]

13. They knew damn well he was a snake before they took him in.

[SheltieLover]

15. Yup

All they care about is not being subjected to what they refer to as "wealth redistribution." Having to pay their fair share.

[EarlG]

14. The real suckers and losers

That would be the Republicans who continue to prop up Trump, then scratch their heads in confusion while he waltzes off with their money.

[SheltieLover]

16. Amazing, isn't it?

More cognitive dissonance in action, I guess.

[onetexan]

26. And of course they know the Con regards them as losers &suckers

[Walleye]

17. And that's not counting what we spend on Barr's lawsuits and Supreme Court battles

In the name of the people of the United States

[SheltieLover]

18. Right!

Imagine how much housing, food & healthcare could be provided to needy people & other mammals with that much money. Makes me sick.

[Walleye]

19. Remember, Republicans used to constantly complain about frivolous lawsuits and trial lawyers

Don’t hear that so much anymore. Court costs alone would go along way toward helping the needy

[SheltieLover]

20. Indeed!

Now they just love their sophists.

[Walleye]

22. Good word to call them, sophists. 🤬

[SheltieLover]

23. That is what they are!

[Thomas Hurt]

21. A few mill of that went right into the Pig's pocket after it got washed by the campaign...

and one of his sleazy attys...you think?

[Walleye]

24. He can't wait to start grifting his next inaugural party committee

He will never be able to pay off Putin no matter how much money he steals.

[SheltieLover]

25. Yup

Pocket change!

[LakeArenal]

27. Now? NOW? They are "concerned"?

Why not when it was $10 million in donations? Or when it was $20 million?

Now that trump is tanking they are concerned. Now that the repercussions of supporting Dump are on the way.

[SheltieLover]

28. Right!)

And their "concern" is, no doubt, of the Collins variety.

[flotsam]

29. Well...

...To be fair it looks much better if you divide it by the number of indictments pending...

[ooky]

30. I guess character really does matter in a President.

Fools.

[Celerity]

31. Rump is an endless open maw of grift and graft.

[mnmoderatedem]

32. they are just now figuring out what a detriment trump is?

hate to break this news to them: water is wet.

[JHB]

33. SOME Republicans.

Not the McFail's Navy types in Texas.

[muriel_volestrangler]

34. Duh. He always surrounds himself with lawyers. Whether or not they're doing law work

he gets confidentiality, and can justify paying them as "legal fees" without having to say what they are really doing.

Michael Cohen
John Dowd
Ty Cobb
Giuliani
Jay Goldberg
Joseph diGenova
Victoria Toensing
Jay Sekulow

Those are just the high profile names (not all, I imagine) that have been his 'personal lawyer' or "on his legal team". There'll be a lot more. Plus there are "lawyers" like Manafort whose only connection with law is breaking it, but whom he may pay as a "lawyer".

[DFW]

35. If he really had a positive net worth in the billions, that should be pocket change

Republican business economics 101:

If you claim assets of $6 billion and have debts of $8 billion, your net worth is $6 billion, since you have no intention of paying back the $8 billion you owe. And if you have legal expenses of $60 million, you STILL get someone else to pay for them. Just because.