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struggle4progress

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Sat Jul 15, 2017, 10:11 PM Jul 2017

Big legal bills

Fredreka Schouten and Christopher Schnaars , USA TODAY
Published 4:30 p.m. ET July 15, 2017
Updated 4:41 p.m. ET July 15, 2017

... Trump's campaign racked up more than $677,000 in "legal consulting" fees between April and June, more than twice the $249,000 he spent on legal bills during the first three months of his presidency, newly filed Federal Election Commission reports show.

Most of the legal expenses were tied to his longtime election law firm, Jones Day.

But the filings also show a nearly $90,000 payment for legal expenses to his company, the Trump Organization, and $50,000 payment on June 27 to the law firm of Alan Futerfas, the New York-based criminal attorney now representing Donald Trump Jr ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/15/trump-campaign-shoulders-big-legal-bills-russia-probes-rapidly-expand/481981001/

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Big legal bills (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2017 OP
Wow...that's incredible SHRED Jul 2017 #1
Why is the campaign paying Junior's legal bill? gratuitous Jul 2017 #2
When our taxes go sky high that will be one of the things we will be paying for. Doreen Jul 2017 #3
That is a ton of legal fees Gothmog Jul 2017 #4
Avoiding jail can be expensive, when you sell out your country struggle4progress Jul 2017 #5

gratuitous

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2. Why is the campaign paying Junior's legal bill?
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 10:14 PM
Jul 2017

He's a big boy with a personal fortune in the millions; is this what citizens' campaign contributions are going for - legal fees?

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