Matt Gaetz's campaign paid $25,000 to lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein

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The fee, for legal consulting, was paid to Manhattan criminal defense attorney Marc Fernich

July 15, 2021|Updated today at 6:42 p.m. EDT

Rep. Matt Gaetz’s campaign paid $25,000 in June to a Manhattan criminal defense attorney who lists Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who killed himself in prison, as a notable client, according to a filing Thursday with the Federal Election Commission.

The Florida Republican and acolyte of former president Donald Trump is under investigation for possible sex trafficking of a minor. A spokesman for Gaetz did not address the payment but touted the congressman’s fundraising haul, which totaled more than $1.3 million in the second quarter of the year.

The June payment, for legal consulting, went to the law office of Marc Fernich, whose website says he specializes in “subtle, novel and creative arguments that other attorneys may miss.”

“These arguments can make potential winners out of seemingly hopeless cases, spelling the difference between victory and defeat,” the site adds.

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. When you are a Pedo, you want a Pedo Lawyer.

How are those QAnon contributions doing, Matt?

[C_U_L8R]

2. There's a lot of hanky panky going on

[Firestorm49]

3. Killed himself in prison??? Hmmm Maybe. Maybe not.

[pwb]

4. He should pay out of his pocket

like all the rest of us? These rich pricks never use their own money, must be nice?

[keithbvadu2]

5. Campaign - donations?

[lindysalsagal]

6. Grifters win, again! GQP playbook is so clear, and yet they get away with it.

[WheelWalker]

7. Not Epstein's probate lawyer, surely?

[Mr.Bill]

8. Sounds like he's using campaign funds

for his personal legal problems.

[IcyPeas]

9. law firm also represented El Chapo, John Gotti and other mob bosses

Link to tweet

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[MagickMuffin]

10. Isn't it against the law to use campaign money for these things?

I thought that you can't use campaign funds for anything but your campaign.

When you deal with mobsters it's best to stick with mobster lawyers.