In the month of February,Ā Donald Trump finally neared the start of hisĀ general election campaignĀ againstĀ Joe Bidenā€”while burning through his political operationā€™s coffers for even more cash to support his legal defenses.

On Wednesday night, Trumpā€™s ā€œSave Americaā€ leadership PACā€”the political committee thatĀ now functions primarily as his legal slush fundā€”reported paying lawyers $5.6 million last month, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Thatā€™s well above the $5 million total the PAC raised in the same period.

The PAC alsoĀ deferred paymentĀ on more than half a million dollars in additional fees toĀ 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.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    On Tuesday, Trumpā€™s ā€œSave Americaā€ leadership political action committee reported raising just $8,508 from donors in the entire month of January, while spending about $3.9 million, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission.

    Two things: First, LMAO they only raised $8,508 in a month? They would have been better off opening a lemonade stand.

    Second, remember when Trump first announced his candidacy and said heā€™d be paying for his campaign using his own personal money? How far weā€™ve come since then.

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      6 months ago

      The ā€˜pay for it himselfā€™ lasted a couple of months. iirc he spent about $50 million priming the pump and then began accepting donations.

      BTW, Trump once claimed heā€™d invented the term ā€œpriming the pumpā€

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      6 months ago

      Remember when Trump offered to pay for legal fees for his supporters?

      Turned out not that by 300%