Well, there's a first time for everything! SO UNEXPECTED! Trump stiffs his "army of lawyers" who are waiting to be paid

[Miles Archer]

More than a few members of the army of lawyers Donald Trump has deployed to sue his enemies and keep him out of courtrooms due to lawsuits are waiting hat in hand to be paid with the Save America PAC the president used to pay them now wallowing in red ink.

According to MS NOW's Hayes Brown, Trump's fundraising machinery has hit a wall now that he's no longer actively running for office. "

According to recent Federal Election Commission filings, the funding stream Trump has been using to pay out millions to law firms is running "very, very low on cash," Hayes is reporting.

The numbers tell a story of financial collapse, the report notes. Save America PAC has only $1.19 million in cash on hand while owing $1.6 million in unpaid legal bills. That debt exists even after the committee has already spent nearly $2.3 million on legal fees so far this year. Make America Great Again PAC is in even worse shape: only $28,087 in cash against $763,000 in debts.

Trump's legal bills have been astronomical. Between the two PACs, Trump funneled $50 million toward his legal fees over the course of 2023 alone. Rather than paying from his own pocket, billionaire Trump has instead diverted MAGA fans' cash into his political committees to cover his mounting legal costs.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-legal-fees-2676756564/

[Vinca]

1. Maybe that's why Blanche slobbers over him so much. He thinks he might get paid.

[OC375]

2. Trump would sue you for changing his tire.

Never help Trump.

It’s how he finds his victims.

[Ray Bruns]

3. These people aren't too bright.

[FakeNoose]

21. Probably Chump promised his lawyers they'd be paid by Uncle Sam

Of course the lawyers should have known that it would be illegal because they aren't working for the federal government. Again ... they were conned. They can sue him and stand in line.

[SSJVegeta]

4. Good. Fuck them.

They shouldn't be getting paid for the evil shit they are doing anyways.

[LymphocyteLover]

7. Exactly. Hopefully they will quit. What amazes me is how he ALWAYS seem to find a new SUCKER!!!

It's unreal.

[Katcat]

18. But

You know there’s one born every minute so there’s an endless supply

[LymphocyteLover]

30. yeah, but he finds older professionals to buy his BS

WHY??? HOW????

[MustLoveBeagles]

44. P.T Barnum was right 👍

[tanyev]

5. Sorry, guys and pretty gals, there are ballrooms, arches and a phallic library to build!

[johnnyplankton]

6. Validating that you have no integrity by defending him is degrading

Not getting paid for it is karma!

[niyad]

19. Exactly!!!

[llmart]

26. Absolutely perfect statement!

[malthaussen]

8. I really don't get it...

... DJT steals so much money every day, paying lawyers and contractors should be no problem for him.

Why, it's almost as if he gets a kick out off stiffing the people who work for him.

-- Mal

[joshdawg]

13. His sadism is always on display.

[calimary]

46. That wouldn't surprise me.

That's undoubtedly the "power" he feels about himself. We've been hearing that sad story for a long time - as long as we've known there's a Donald Trump.

[3Hotdogs]

9. Years ago, the lawyers who defended Trump in his impeachment, were interviewed. They said they wouldn't get in the limo

until the retainer check cleared.

[Cheezoholic]

10. No, no, no. You pay HIM to work on his behalf you silly lawyers ;) n/t

[OGBuzz]

16. and you also get to say "thank you sir" while he stiffs you.

[Miles Archer]

17. With tears flowing from their eyes. You left out the tears.

I say this all the time...if you look at what constitutes a rapist's mindset, once you realize that it is NEVER "about" sex, that sex is a means to an end, that the real motivation is complete dominance and humiliation, it becomes crystal clear that the majority of things Trump says and does come from his rapist "center." If it's not saturated with cruelty, it doesn't hold his attention.

[OGBuzz]

20. It explains his need for complete dominance of media and public attention, and his non-stop humiliation of America.

[PCIntern]

23. ...and they are big, handsome men with these tears.

[dave99]

27. shitstain has always been a homophobe

[PCIntern]

29. And that's exactly why I think he's a closet case

as are many of his compatriots

[SergeStorms]

11. Is anyone surprised....

that King Con is actually conning them?

Apparently his cult never bothered to research this conman's history?

They deserve everything they don't get.

[popsdenver]

14. His followers

should recall the old "Snake" story..........."Hey, remember that I AM, after all...... a snake"

His cult never learn.......Not if,........ but when..... you outgrow their usefulness, he will immediately throw you under the bus.
With Trump, it is not: "what have you done for me recently".......it's: "what have you done for me today"

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

12. Chumps! Donating hard earned money for vengeful fool to sue every person that hurt his feelings

[OGBuzz]

15. Finally! The secret to getting rich. Always have others to pay your way.

[Nasruddin]

22. The Art of the Steal!

[Joinfortmill]

24. Not like they didn't know. He hasn't paid anyone in 50 years.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

40. trump stiffs everyone

In 2016 as part of the Clinton Victory Counsel program, I and a bunch of volunteer lawyers reviewed 7000 or so lawsuits involving TFG and his companies. Marc Elias had these lawsuits on a data base where attorneys were assigned cases to review. The DNC War Room now has that data base https://www.axios.com/2019/09/08/democratic-national-committee-trump-2020-opposition-research

The DNC research team has mined thousands of lawsuits from nearly 50 states as part of a massive new trove on President Trump that will be weaponized through pols and reporters in key battlegrounds.

Why it matters: This new plan shows what Democrats think Trump's biggest vulnerabilities will be. And unlike in 2016, Trump now has a policy record.

Details: The research includes roughly 7,000 lawsuits, as well an extensive document detailing every time then-candidate Trump told supporters at his 2016 campaign rallies that Mexico would pay for the wall.

TFG does not pay his bills and stiffs everyone he can stiff. These lawsuits were not fun to review

[BeneteauBum]

25. The lawyers have to be desperate to accept any cases

Stiffing different institutions has been one of the creature’s practices for years……no surprise there.

Peace ☮️

[no_hypocrisy]

28. They're idiots for not getting multi-million dollar

retainers up front.

No money, no honey.

[patphil]

31. The ultra-rich that Trump gifted with huge tax breaks ain't helping out either.

They're shifting their focus and money to state and Congressional races.

[SamKnause]

32. Good. I hope they never get paid.

Why would you work for a known con artist ???

It is common knowledge that he doesn't pay people who work for him.

Sounds like he hired a bunch of stupid people who deserve not to be paid.

[Martin68]

33. It's kind of amusing to see greedy lawyers who should have known better get stiffed. Greed is what drives a

successful scam.

[Old Crank]

34. One would think that by now

Lawyers would demand a huge retainer....

[Faux pas]

35. If they had ANY brains

they would have known about his track record

[The Wizard]

36. There's one born every minute

and two to take their money.

[quakerboy]

37. who is providing him personal services

Without prepayment.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

38. Trump's legal fees slush fund is drying up

The Save America PAC is $500,000 in the red according to federal filings — and owes three times as much to the president’s many, many lawyers.

Link to tweet

https://www.ms.now/opinion/trumps-legal-fees-donations-fec

President Donald Trump’s army of lawyers may be the largest of any Oval Office occupant in history. Aside from the attorneys who work for the office of the president, he has retained a veritable phalanx of personal attorneys over the years to represent him in court. That kind of legal firepower doesn’t come cheap. But according to recent Federal Election Commission filings, the funding stream Trump has been using to pay out millions to law firms is running very, very low on cash......

Both PACs are in a much worse financial state now that Trump isn’t actively running for president. Based on its quarterly filing with the FEC, Save America has $1.19 million in cash on hand. That would be a tidy sum for you or me, but Save America also owes a total of $1.6 million, all of which is meant to cover previous “legal consulting” or “reimbursement for legal fees and expenses.” Those debts are what is left after the committee already spent almost $2.3 million covering those budget items so far this year.

Save America also transferred an additional $1.6 million to Make America Great Again PAC since January. Despite that, according to its latest FEC filing, MAGA PAC only has $28,087 in cash on hand at the end of the first quarter, versus $763,000 in debts. Much as with Save America, $1.3 million of the committee’s money likewise went to paying out legal fees in the last quarter.

Save America owes the lion’s share of its debt to two firms: NechelesLaw LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. The former’s lead partner, Susan Necheles, represented Trump in the 2024 New York “hush money” case that led to Trump being convicted on 34 counts of fraud. The latter firm has taken up Trump’s appeal of that hush money case and the massive $350 million civil judgement against him and his company, The Trump Organization. Meanwhile, MAGA PAC owes $318,000 to Colorado firm Campbell Killin Brittan & Ray LLC, which represented the 2024 campaign in a defamation suit, and another $183,000 to Virginia’s Binnall Law Group, which served as counsel to Trump on issues regarding the Jan. 6 insurrection.

This ignores any "pro bono" work that may have been done by the law firms who were stupid enough to agree to sign trump's executive orders. I am surprised that Sullivan and Cromwell is doing work for trump. Sullivan is a major firm.

trump stiffs everyone including his lawyers.

[bif]

39. You've got to be pretty clueless to do business with the Pedo.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

41. Trump stiffed the lawyer who cross-examined @StormyDaniels in his trial - never paid her bill.

Link to tweet

[Progressive dog]

42. I thought he paid his

lawyers with jobs with the government and lots of opportunities for grift.

[Initech]

43. Actually this the most on brand Trump has done lately!

[WestMichRad]

45. Imagine that.

The only stiff that TSF can manage these days.