Note: Trump campaign began paying Don Jr's lawyer about two weeks before the email story broke

[MelissaB]

The Trump campaign began paying Don Jr's lawyer about two weeks before the email story broke, per new FEC filing

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It's almost like they knew those pesky emails saying they met with Russian spies were about to a big news story. Guess what! They were.

Yeah, this is a big ole nothing burger. Please pass the fries.

Another update:

The campaign is also paying the Trump Corp. for legal consulting, a new category of campaign-to-Trump company payments as best I can tell

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Things you can't make up...

Update again:
Article from Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-son-idUSKBN1A00QZ?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

[YCHDT]

1. They're using Intel agencies to cover thier asses

[dchill]

2. Gonna have to stock up on Lipitor...

All these nothingburgers are starting to add up!

[Leghorn21]

3. Yeah, I wondered why that lil traitor waited so long to score a lawyer - now I know he didn't,

thanks to your post!

Soooo, the Trump Campaign is footing the bill for all this...I wonder if all the WH aides are getting a little $$ help from that pool of riches, because surely a lot of them will need representation...?

Thanks, as ever, MelissaB!

[MelissaB]

4. $50,000 paid to Jr's lawyer 6/27/17 The FEC is crystal fucking clear, personal use:

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[Turbineguy]

9. But why hand over your own money

when you can take money from the dolts who contributed to your campaign?

[L. Coyote]

19. In other words, the meeting with the Russians WAS campaign business! Good to know.

Not that there could be any doubt with Manafort and Kushner there too, but at least they have self-precluded a denial that it was for the campaign. Nonetheless, didn't they try that excuse after paying the lawyer from the campaign fund?

[A Brand New World]

5. Is that a legal campaign expense?

What is Jr's official role in the 2020 campaign? And this is 2016 campaign shenanigans. I don't know much about the ins & outs of campaign finance regulations but this sure seems fishy to me.

[MelissaB]

6. I don't think so. I think they broke the law... again.

[Botany]

7. one more crime

You can not use campaign funds to pay for a private person's lawyer ....
not unless Trump Jr.'s lawyer is gonna argue that Jr. was working for the
Trump campaign when he he was getting stolen property (computer hacked
stuff) and working to rig the election.

[leftieNanner]

20. Definitely a crime

Problem is, the FEC is completely ineffectual. Half Dem, half repug. Won't do anything about it.

[VigilantG]

8. Nothing to see here

[Jim__]

10. "The campaign is also paying the Trump Corp for legal consulting ..."

Slimy grifters.

[Botany]

11. And Trump's golf courses are billing the US Secret Service for rental fees for the ...

.... use of golf carts by agents keeping the crazy con man safe.

[onecent]

12. How can that be? It looks LIKE DUMP KNOWS THINGS AHEAD...and now that he has a

large cash flow of money he just keeps spending it.

Why is he talking about the stock market....what the hell do you do if you have a lot of money
in the stock market....is it a good way to lose it?

And where is he twittering? the girls golf ball thing today?????? When does he have time to
do everything he does.

He certainly gets NOTHING DONE...THAT SHOULD BE DONE...except bribe all these people who don't
have a spine to say yes to this horrible outcome for what is going to happen to all us poor people that
don't have 50,000 dollars or more....

GOd I hate this man

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Republican Trump thinks investing in lawyers pays more than investing in the stock market

... Follow the money.

[MelissaB]

13. Article from Reuters

Trump campaign paid lawyer now representing son $50,000 in June

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's presidential re-election campaign made a $50,000 payment in June to the law office now representing Donald Trump Jr. more than a week before revelations that the president's son had met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign.

The payment to the Law Offices of Alan S. Futerfas, dated June 27, was disclosed in a filing with the Federal Election Commission on Saturday. It was described as covering "legal consulting" fees. Separately, the campaign also paid Jones Day, the law firm that represented Trump's campaign during the election.

Spokesmen for Trump's re-election campaign and Futerfas could not be immediately reached for comment.

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The campaign also paid $89,561 to The Trump Corporation for "legal consulting." The company, owned by the president, is not a law firm. They payment was dated June 30th

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-son-idUSKBN1A00QZ?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

[MelissaB]

14. Lawsuit against the Trump Election Commission for failure to comply with federal law

.@LawyersComm has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Election Commission for failure to comply with federal law http://bit.ly/2tGqigP

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[NastyRiffraff]

15. Disbursement to the law firm for "legal consulting" is one thing...

although the timing is--um--odd. But paying the Trump Corporation for the same thing--legal consulting--is weird. And by "weird" I mean "possibly illegal."

[Ligyron]

16. Well, they're sure getting lousy advise.

Slow walking the lies out one after the other.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Soon they'll pay Trump Corp for foreign "affairs" advice and "women's affairs" advice. . . . nt