Trump Reportedly Spent $58 Million In Campaign Funds On Legal Fees And Compliance

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Donald Trump has commandeered an astonishing $58.4 million in campaign donations for legal and compliance fees, The New York Times reported Saturday.

The president has treated campaign coffers like his own “piggy bank,” sending millions to law firms for whatever battle he wants to fight, including some protecting his own interests, according to the Times.

The legal fees are in addition to the contributions that Trump is funneling into his own pockets by charging his campaign and the Republican National Committee for lodging, event space and catering. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf resort hoovered up some $400,000 in just two days for a campaign event earlier this year. As of last year, his businesses had collected nearly $17 million since he launched his first presidential campaign.

His campaign is also paying Eric Trump’s wife, Lara Trump, and Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, $180,000 a year each for work, HuffPost has reported.

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-campaign-money-144232940.html

[Bleacher Creature]

1. Fine by me.

He's grifting his own supporters, who will hopefully think twice about donating again, and not using that money to attack Biden,

[Karadeniz]

2. Can they construe this to be legal?

[ResistantAmerican17]

3. Please proceed to give millions, republican cucks. That's $58 million he can't spend

on Russiabook, TV, or anywhere else. Ridiculous fools give money to this grifter, and I’m just fine.

[Midnight Writer]

4. Legal fees mount up when you break the law in public every single day.

[wishstar]

5. Over 3 yrs ago he was using campaign money for his and others' Russia investigation legal defense

Nothing new about millions being drained for legal fees for protection of him, Jr., and other closest associates.

[erronis]

6. Not sure that these funds aren't actually coming from the US Treasury

I doubt trumpf/mnuchin will miss a chance to gouge the US taxpayer.