As Trump’s legal troubles mount
Hmmm. I wonder if all the people who send money to Trump’s PAC realize he’s spending a lot of their money on his personal legal bills.
Former President Donald Trump’s political action committee, Save America, has spent more than $40 million on legal fees since the start of this year, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
The PAC, which raises most of its funds through small-dollar donations from Trump’s supporters, is expected to report to the Federal Election Commission on Monday that it spent $40.2 million on legal costs in the first half of the year – more than double the amount the group spent on legal fees in all of 2022.
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Trump’s team argues that the considerable amount of money being spent on defending the former president and members of his inner circle is necessary as Trump’s legal troubles mount.
Well it may be “necessary” from his point of view, but that doesn’t make it legit. I don’t know if it’s legal or not, but I do think it’s grotesque. People who are vastly less rich than he is are paying the bills he’s racking up by being such a criminal. Can we call that “sleazy” at least? I think so.
I fear you’re an optimist. My gut feeling is they know it all to well. Anything to own the libs.
And still he remains the overwhelming favorite among Republicans for the nomination. It may be that the challengers are just waiting in the wings until the first conviction and hoping that will force him to drop out, but they do not attack him on the campaign trail and fall over themselves to assure the faithful that they would pardon him if they were elected and he were convicted of any crimes.
The image in this tweet is based on a poll taken just last week:
https://twitter.com/fharris2011/status/1685936861955473408/photo/1
We’re in a sad state. Dean Phillips of Minnnesota is talking out loud about the need to overturn the gerontocracy, and may run for the Democratic candidacy. He wouldn’t get the nomination, of course, but he’s not all in for Biden.
People in power are reluctant to give it up, but that’s kind of counter to the concept of government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”