GOP Funds Dotards Defense in Russia Probe With Help From a Handful of Wealthy People - WSJ

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GOP Funds Donald tRump’s Defense in Russia Probe With Help From a Handful of Wealthy People


President Donald tRump’s attorneys in the probe of Russian election interference are being funded in part through a Republican Party account with a handful of wealthy donors—including a billionaire investor, a property developer seeking U.S. government visas and a Ukrainian-born American who has made billions of dollars doing business with Russian oligarchs.

The Republican National Committee, through an account typically used for its own legal bills, paid more than $300,000 last month to help cover Mr. tRump’s private legal fees, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission.

The fund has also paid another nearly $200,000 to lawyers for the president’s eldest son, Donald tRump Jr., according to a person familiar with the payments. Those expenditures will be disclosed in the RNC’s September report, the person said.
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The RNC and campaign’s payment arrangement for Mr. Trump’s lawyers is legal. But ethics experts cautioned that Mr. Trump’s decision to rely on party and campaign accounts to pay for his attorney fees can raise thorny political issues.

“Big-dollar special interest fundraising to pay the president’s legal bills most certainly raises the threat of corruption,” said Paul Ryan, vice president of policy and litigation at the nonpartisan transparency advocacy group Common Cause. “Lots of donors to the RNC are looking for access and influence. A big check for the president’s legal bills is one more way to do it.” - WSJ

Imagine that. A Ukrainian billionaire with ties to Russian oligarchs is funding Dotard's Russian defense bills. No possibility of quid-pro-quo there. That would be unfathomable!

[SonofDonald]

1. Of course the rnc will pay for it

If he goes down they go down, when it happens he is stuck to them like glue, they've stuck him so far up their asses he can't be removed.

It's too late to back away and say you were never with him pukes, you own him lock stock and barrel, we will make sure he is hung around your necks forever.

Treasonist bastards all.

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2. if trump was actually worth $10B

then this expenditure of $500,000 (so far) would only be .00005 of his net worth... or .005 percent.

Let's say you have a net worth of something like $100,000.

This would be the same percentage of your net worth... $5

Yup, Trump is soaking the RNC for the equivalent of $5... if he is worth $10B. or $50 if he is "only" worth $1B.

I think he is actually broke.

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5. $500k was just for September, BTW, so you can imagine how many billable attorney hours

the two Dotards are chewing through.

But hey, if the RNC is okay with losing half a $ million every month for a guy who's policies aren't getting passed, I'm all for it.

I think Dotard is actually broke too. We'll know here soon enough.

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3. Uggh. A Ukrainian-born US citizen with ties to Russian Oligarchs.

This Is Fine.

[Gothmog]

4. Of course russia and putin are funding trump's legsl fees