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FakeNoose

(32,791 posts)
Fri Aug 11, 2023, 05:11 PM Aug 2023

MSNBC reports that Chump spent $27mill on legal defense in first 6 months of 2023

Campaign finances are strained because he's taking most of the donated $$ to pay legal bills. So ... the lawyers are probably OK with this, otherwise they wouldn't get paid. Question is, why are people donating to his "campaign" when it's not really for him to run for president. He's just running for the grift.

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MSNBC reports that Chump spent $27mill on legal defense in first 6 months of 2023 (Original Post) FakeNoose Aug 2023 OP
from what I've read donations have slowed down considerably agingdem Aug 2023 #1
I have this gut feeling FarPoint Aug 2023 #2
I'm wondering why it isn't frozen already FakeNoose Aug 2023 #3
How is that possible? liberalmediaaddict Aug 2023 #4
Well we don't know how much of his OWN $$ goes to lawyers FakeNoose Aug 2023 #5

agingdem

(7,863 posts)
1. from what I've read donations have slowed down considerably
Fri Aug 11, 2023, 05:34 PM
Aug 2023

I think there are two reasons for this (my opinion for what it's worth)... screaming headlines exposing the tens of millions of dollars going into lawyer's pockets to defend Trump and his two co-defendants i...I heard one of Trump's hateful faithful say she doesn't have problem "giving money" to Trump but she not happy about the "two foreigners"...nice

and I think Jack Smith scrutinizing whether Trump' PACS violated federal laws by raising money off claims of voter fraud has donors a little nervous that they, too, will get caught up in Smith's probe...

FakeNoose

(32,791 posts)
3. I'm wondering why it isn't frozen already
Fri Aug 11, 2023, 05:44 PM
Aug 2023

I've actually posted it several times, as well as many other DUers. His "campaign" is just an excuse to grift, and honest people are getting cheated.

liberalmediaaddict

(770 posts)
4. How is that possible?
Fri Aug 11, 2023, 05:58 PM
Aug 2023

Are his lawyers charging him a million dollars a day?

And if Trump is really a billionaire coming up with 50 or 60 million dollars shouldn't be a problem.

FakeNoose

(32,791 posts)
5. Well we don't know how much of his OWN $$ goes to lawyers
Fri Aug 11, 2023, 06:04 PM
Aug 2023

All we know is that he's grabbing over half the PAC funds that came from generous MAGAts who thought they were helping him get re-elected. They're being cheated, and I don't care that they're also Repukes. Chump is cheating them and breaking campaign laws.

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