In the month of February, Donald Trump finally neared the start of his general election campaign against Joe Biden—while burning through his political operation’s coffers for even more cash to support his legal defenses.

On Wednesday night, Trump’s “Save America” leadership PAC—the political committee that now functions primarily as his legal slush fund—reported paying lawyers $5.6 million last month, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That’s well above the $5 million total the PAC raised in the same period.

The PAC also deferred payment on more than half a million dollars in additional fees to Alina Habba, who represented Trump in both of his milestone court losses in New York this year, while racking up a $645,000 bill to a company tasked with managing legal records in his business fraud case.

  • ripcord@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Someone explain one thing to me - how could paying these bills not be considered coordination with the candidate?

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      8 months ago

      My guess it is, but it is “good for everyone”, since they can campaign less, hence the more money goes to Trump, the more seats Dems get.