Trump's Legal Defense Fund Launches With a Big Typo and Bigger Ethical Questions

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Trump’s Legal Defense Fund Launches With a Big Typo and Bigger Ethical Questions

Erik Uebelacker Breaking News Intern Roger Sollenberger Senior Political Reporter

Updated Aug. 13, 2023 5:16PM EDT / Published Aug. 13, 2023 5:09PM EDT


Former President Donald Trump’s legal defense fund went live on Sunday and, of course, it contained a glaring typo in the first heading. “Support Donald Trumps Patriot Legal Defense Fund,” the site proudly declared, apostrophe omission and all (or maybe the fund aims to raise cash for all the Donald Trumps out there).

But perhaps more egregious than the grammatical goof are the legal boundaries that team Trump seems to be pushing with the fund’s overt ties to his 2024 presidential campaign.

The fund technically may not coordinate with the campaign on fundraising, since its existence as a legal defense fund allows it to skirt the Federal Election Commission’s campaign-finance rules. But clicking the “Donate Now” hyperlink sends users directly to Trump’s 2024 campaign website, where viewers are hit up front with donation requests. The only other link on the fund’s page also takes you to the campaign site.

Further adding to the eyebrow-raising ethical concerns, Susie Wiles, a top campaign aide, is listed on the Patriot Legal Defense Fund’s incorporation documents. Trump’s three indictments—with more potentially on the way—have racked up some serious legal fees for the former president.

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More: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-legal-defense-fund-launches-with-a-big-typo-and-bigger-ethical-concerns

Gift for the DU grammarians.

[SCantiGOP]

1. They're aren't any grammar mistakes

are their?

[BumRushDaShow]

2. They're might be

but if your not looking close enough, you might find its sometimes hard to tell on their.

[Revanchist]

15. Did you purposely make a grammar mistake

When asking about a grammar mistake? Because if it was intentional that's brilliant.

[Wonder Why]

16. That should be intuitively obvious to the most casual observer.

[Revanchist]

17. Have you spent much time on other websites?

Spelling and grammatical errors are rampant especially now in the era of autocorrect and the lack of proofreading before posting.

[Wonder Why]

19. If you're under 30, I have been using browsers since before you were born and

writing web pages 2 years later.

If you are under 38, I have been using the internet before you were born and before that used it's predecessor, UUCP and was a major Unix computer's UUCP top US field support engineer for that.

It would not be so obvious but the poster ScantiGOP had it wrong in two places and both were differently wrong did it within a single sentence. I have more faith in the intelligence of my fellow DUers than you have, I presume.

[Revanchist]

20. What if I'm over 50 and think that you're acting like

You have a stick up your rear?

[Wonder Why]

21. You're the one that questioned whether I spent much time on other websites. I questioned

your ability to discern facts so I guess we're even. Can we shake hands on that?

[NowISeetheLight]

3. Grifters Gonna Grift

[NBachers]

4. All trump-raised money disappears into trumps pocket anyway. It doesn't matter what the purported

fund is for.

Is the republican party still bankrupting itself paying his legal fees?

[emulatorloo]

5. I think I recall the RNC said they would cut him off once he announced. Vanity Fair:

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.

[brer cat]

6. Why, thank you BRDS!

[BumRushDaShow]

8. LOL

Your welcome!

[brer cat]

9. Don't push your luck. I know where you hide the penalty flags.

n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

12. ...

[Cha]

7. "patriot" for Russia Gaslit MF.. yeah

and who's in charge of the "trumps".

TY

[BumRushDaShow]

10. There's too many of them!

[Cha]

11. Lol 😎

[czarjak]

13. Chumps.

[BigOleDummy]

14. If.....

If trump is REALLY so rich..... why does he need help paying his bills in the first place?

[lame54]

18. Please tell me their are not multiple Donald Trumps