Trump campaign spent more than $2 million on election lawyers, including Jenna Ellis
By Aram Roston and Brad Heath
December 4, 2020
The FEC filing, which covers the period from Oct. 15 through Nov. 23, classified about $8.8 million in expenses as "recount" related.
Legal consulting was the campaign’s second-biggest recount expense, according to the disclosure report. The first was $3 million to pay the cost of a partial recount in Wisconsin that ended up increasing Biden’s lead by 87 votes. The third largest recount expense was nearly $2.2 million for text message advertising as the campaign bombarded his supporters with requests for money.
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The legal effort has been a powerful fundraising tool. Trump’s campaign reported that it had raised more than $207 million since the election.
Trump’s attorneys have mounted a series of lawsuits in battleground states, hoping to persuade state and federal judges to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. Despite the president’s repeated, and unsubstantiated, claims that the election was “rigged,” the court cases have focused on more narrow claims of mail-in voting irregularities.
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Is this the out Robert’s left for Jack Smith?
If Cheeto man paid attorneys from campaign donor funds to overturn the 2020 election, does their work qualify as campaign related?
If so, does Jack Smith have a stronger case now?
Hmmm
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