Trumps legal team faces tensions and a client who often takes his own counsel

[apnu]

Buried in the middle is this:

Another question is who will pay the legal fees for the president and administration officials involved in the Russia inquiries. Some in Trump’s orbit are pushing the Republican National Committee to bear the costs, said three people with knowledge of the situation, including one who euphemistically described the debate as a “robust discussion.”

Although the RNC does have a legal defense fund, it well predates the Russia investigations and is intended to be used for legal challenges facing the Republican Party, such as a potential election recount.

The RNC has not made a decision, in part because the committee is still researching whether the money could legally be used to help pay legal costs related to Russia. But many within the organization are resisting the effort, thinking it would be more appropriate to create a separate legal defense fund for the case.

RNC officials declined requests for comment. The White House has not said whether Trump, Kushner and other officials are paying their legal bills themselves or whether they are being covered by an outside entity.

[cyclonefence]

1. I think the RNC ought to pay

it's their fault he's in office. It's their fault they've rolled over on everything he's said and done. Fuck them. Hit them in the pocketbook, and then when they're broke--this is sure to be an expensive legal business--let the Trumps pay.

[apnu]

3. financially, this could ruin the GOP.

As the coffers empty because of legal bills, and incompetence on the part of Trump and his retainers (remember many of the best legal eagles in DC passed on Trump's offer for defense), its going to be hard for the RNC to ask for donations to keep feeding the legal abattoir that is this scandal.

[C_U_L8R]

2. They got the client they deserve

And vice versa.

[Brother Buzz]

4. Sometimes you gotta dance with the one that brung ya