Some of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the sprawling election subversion case in Georgia are trying all sorts of ways to fund their mounting legal bills – yet the costs of the 2020 election fallout may quickly exceed their abilities to pay.

At least four have turned to crowdfunding online, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for defense lawyers. One now has a political action committee to help with legal fees. Another has an ally in Congress vowing to support his legal defense. While another ended up spending nearly a week in jail because he initially couldn’t afford to hire an attorney.

Trump has covered the legal bills of aides, advisers and employees during the House select committee’s probe into January 6, 2021, and federal investigations, including his two co-defendants in the classified documents case, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, both of whom work for the former president.

But there is no sign yet that Trump intends to do so for any of his co-defendants in the Georgia case, which alleges that he and others engaged in a criminal conspiracy to subvert the state’s 2020 election results. In fact, Trump has publicly distanced himself from them, telling Newsmax he doesn’t know “a lot of these people.”

  • @REdOG
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    151 year ago

    You don’t get rich helping others.

    • FuglyDuck
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      141 year ago

      Most of trumps net worth came from his father’s wealth and the natural apretiation that happens over time.

      This is despite his frequently shitty business decisions.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        There’s a pretty good argument that since 2016 most of his wealth has come from fundraising and PACs.

        • FuglyDuck
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          41 year ago

          “I’m so rich I could just buy the presidency- and that’s a good thing because then you know I’m not selling out to russia or something”… “now give me money so I can get elected!”