The RNC Has Been Bankrolling Trump's Legal Bills. If He Runs, They're Cutting Him Off.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/07/rnc-trump-running-2024-legal-bills
The Republican National Committee, which has already paid nearly $2 million to the former president’s legal defense, will reportedly stop if he officially enters the next presidential race, a threat that may keep Trump from announcing before the midterms.
BY CHARLOTTE KLEIN
JULY 28, 2022
The Republican National Committee may force former President Donald Trump to choose between the spotlight and a mountain of legal bills. “Since October 2021, the Republican National Committee has paid nearly $2 million to law firms representing Trump as part of his defense against personal litigation and government investigations,” ABC News reported Wednesday—financial support that would cease as soon as Trump announces his candidacy, according to an RNC official, due to the GOP’s obligation to stay neutral in the primary. Given that Trump’s legal fees are apparently ongoing—the most recent RNC payment to a law firm representing Trump, a figure of $50,000, occurred in mid-June—GOP leaders are reportedly hoping that the prospect of footing his own legal bills will convince the former president to hold off on a 2024 announcement until after the midterms. "Everyone thinks it'll scramble the midterms” and “could potentially destroy the advantage we have,” Republican donor Dan Eberhart told ABC News of the prospect of Trump announcing early. “It makes Trump more relevant and gives the Dems potentially a way to reset the race."
I can’t find anything recently to see if they followed thru or not.
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