Former President Donald Trump will likely run out of legal defense funds this summer, Bloomberg reported.
In 2023, Trump spent $51.2 million on legal costs and has a further $23.5 million available for lawyers’ fees — but that source of money will likely dry up around July, the report said.
The ex-president may now be forced to turn to a few undesirable options to cover his costs.
Is there a law against using party donations on legal defense? If so, then I’ll take “things he is charged with in Nov 2024.”
There is, but it doesn’t cover PACs. He’s technically not been using campaign fund, but asking supporters to give for his campaign with some very specific fine print to say they’re actually giving the PAC to do as they please.
It’s shady but not illegal.
It can’t help but think that should be used as a catchphrase for advertising purposes, by the political parties.
I guess the plus side of Trump being president before is all the loopholes the public have learned about. We are living in a very very failed democracy.
Democracy really requires ethical people being voted into office, as we can’t watch them 24/7 since we are busy with our own lives. Unfortunately we citizens don’t seem to be able to do that very well.
If he’s asking for people to give to a PAC doesn’t that shift from shady to illegal? I thought politicians had to be completely separate from the PAC.